Tribute Iambic Pentameter Poems

A tradesman’s son and temple secrets die
in sixty nine years, never knowing why.

Contempt delivered their first child perfect,
your childhood gauntlet galvanized neglect.

A mother’s son and...

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Life’s blood is short
Don’t waste it
The iron in your veins will rust
If you don’t let the ocean out.
The poppies that live in your eyes
Will fool...

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I wish you knew the depth of knowledge gained
How instrumental are your thoughts to me
Through teaching what I’ve learned, I have been trained
To revel in...

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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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There is no drama in a robot’s day
Often, saw her through an open doorway,
practical and driven, and pre-programmed,
Simply staring, in  a shaft of...

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I have her nineteen fifties' Trifari
     fine costume jewelry, which I hold dear,
since my sweet mom bequeathed it all to me;
...

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The Wall


A near three thousand names called out that day;
   now fifteen years, they've solemnized the date
so labeled 'Nine-Eleven', to now stay
 ...

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Caressed By Vines


Like tender loving arms, they wrap around
   old monuments of stone set on the ground;
those silent sentinels that stand their guard
...

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We know her as Camellia...that fine name,
a perfect one for someone sweet as she;
her silky skin and amber eyes proclaim
a charming, pristine beauty, all agree.

Just...

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The road to Rio ran his every day
Aerobic fitness was his daily way
The lactic acid ate his muscle mass,
but soon the aching pains began to...

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The Hidden Stone

Mossy vines served as camouflage for
   the decaying headstone buried there below.  
A hidden stone that peeked from the earth...

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Tribute To Georgie Cat


Dear George, our cat grand-baby, now you're gone;
our hearts are saddened on this rainy day.
Your family found out this early dawn
the angels...

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Special Birthday Party


June twelfth, two thousand twelve, a special date
     for all our family to gather near
to offer tribute and to...

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strange poets never cease but to amaze
with words describing things we had forgot
or never knew to start with; who knows what  
may move another...

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Giant Animals - The Elephant


We have great animals upon this Earth
of varied size—they live on land or sea.
Domestic ones we love for all their worth;
like...

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Our Balmville Tree

A living thing she was...she graced our land...
three hundred years and more, she stood with pride.
A focal point to meet with friends, we'd...

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This life we live is but a different day,
as through eternal time we saunter on our way.
No thought of where our ramblings finally lead
or consequences...

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My Father Was...
   He Made the Stars Hush


A simple man was he, one child of ten,
   who lived and worked the...

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I see the wrinkles in your suntanned brow,
You carried burdens then; you see them now.
You’ve heard the cries your people who in pain,
Have shed their...

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In Swat valley in Northern Pakistan
Malala, a young female teenager 
Stood against the might of the Taliban
And earned the respect of those who knew her...

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