People Iambic Pentameter Poems

Deceit of sun when rays are still but porous;
unwelcome thief, afford my dream more seconds.
Some dappled shadows flit through mystic keyhole;
alight upon pellucid remnant image.
I...

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I've known you now for forty years, and yet
you seem to lack familiarity.
I used to smile, dance a foxtrot with you -
and trip with joy...

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Written by Gail R DeBole
on April 4, 2022
Updated on December 29, 2022

...Free Verse................
Unless you turn it into Iambic Pentameter.

...a swirling kaleidoscope of colors...........
Unless you only...

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I looked, behold, there stood a great white horse;
Its rider had a lethal, silent bow.
And on his head, a crown, rough-hewn and coarse,
And there he...

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Now Jericho, besieged by Israel,
Had shut its doors, and none went in or out.
The LORD told Joshua, “If you’ll believe,
We’re going to bring these walls...

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C R T- new theory now embraced;
demands set forth by those defined as woke-
dividing races in a way disgraced.
Most people feel this theory is a...

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All of my trees appear to have been bare
Leaves with pine needles lay everywhere
Grass no longer green we can always tell;
To see all of God's...

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Smartest  Artist Who Works Hardest

She seems to be smartest artist;
Paints pretty pictures of forest
While she will work her hardest
Whose brain has been largest

Her art...

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United States With Golden Gates

When we saw the United States,
Were greeted by golden gates;
Best place where we want to be;
God does abide in our society.

Truth...

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How valued a ventriloquist would be
to hide behind and say my inner thoughts.
I’d smile and play the stupid wood dummy
and say all kinds of truth...

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A Painter's Last Walk

Now you're all doing the last of the artful long endless walks
Does anyone ever know how much work while paintings do talks?

The...

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Dear Patient, Welcome to the asylum of your mind.
Let’s get rid of the boundaries to which you’re confined.
Let’s sit down and discuss your medical record:...

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A Realization

Once upon a time, a baby was born
In a small town near the green mountains. 
He was living life off from thorn.
Blessed! But he’s...

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Healing From Music

Dim so dim was the light that lead the way
Not a reflection but a shadow of what was;
Feeling resonating vibrations I may,
Because music...

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I hurried through the halls of Belvedere
To reach the floor where I could see “The Kiss”
The place I’d find his artwork was so near
I finally...

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