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Iambs Poems - Poems about Iambs

Ode to a True Poet - Apr 6
...O’ Pat Pattison, you, my brilliant teacher, I would shower in praises, had you not taught me better! for cliches void of thought are as worthwhile as a couch surfin’ moocher! O’ masterful and d......

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Categories: iambs, appreciation, creation, love, poetry,
Form: Italian Sonnet
Premium Member An interesting party we have going here
...The comments we like for dessert Are iambs that writers here blurt But eating foul crunch That slaughtered lambs munch Tastes toxic like trumped-up bad dirt......

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Categories: iambs, anger, drug, food, hate,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member Mad Song Stanzas
...To write a mad song takes so very little time: just jot some words not too absurd and make sure that some rhyme. The first line stands alone; the next rhymes with the last. Then you can do ......

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Categories: iambs, appreciation, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member In season, sonnets often find their bloom
...In season, sonnets often find their bloom by trailing lesser forms towards the light; a patient wait’s reward is greater room, and thus they are content to just sit tight. But once a way appear......

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Categories: iambs, love, writing,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Seussian Salve
...You can’t force a poem, although you can try; it seems that’s a maxim, but I don’t know why. You smash it and bash it and beat to a pulp, like using sledgehammers when trying to sculpt. Sometimes......

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Categories: iambs, writing,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Tri and Tri Again TRI
...The phrases lurch unkempt and trite. The meter’s wrong, iambs lack grace. One rarely ever gets it right, and just like that, it falls in place. The meter’s wrong, iambs lack grace like two lef......

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Categories: iambs, writing,
Form: Rhyme
DARBY AND JOAN
...DARBY AND JOAN I saw a sight this morning I swear to you is true And I thought I’d put it into verse, the way we poets do. I have to do it quickly, while it’s still fresh in my ......

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Categories: iambs, love, together,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member CAGE FREE THOUGHT
...A bewildered alphabet Struggles To form words Its letters tumble Through the turbulence Of thought’s tyranny Syllables scamper sillily In search of Iambs Stretching the seams Of ill-fitted s......

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Categories: iambs, poetry, words, writing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Why Do Poets Do It
...Mix the meters Color the cadence Intermingle the breaks of line Torture the iambs Scent the flowers Tint the edges of sunrise Mellow the moonbeams Offer an invitation A subtle “come hither” ......

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Categories: iambs, poets, writing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Refuge
...I hid in plain sight Mocked the censors Defied the preachers Chuckled At their ineptitude Took refuge In the blank page Hiding myself In swirling lines Dancing Along the borders Of truth......

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Categories: iambs, life, writing, youth,
Form: Free verse
The Demonic Prince
...The Demonic Prince Demons The legion of demons They dwell In the cold place of hell Tempt thee The depth of hell's empty They're here For it's time to spread fear Black crows Come out of ......

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Categories: iambs, death, horror,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Bubba's Poem Barn
...Do footles ever fournicate? From two come more, and soon there’s eight The image conjured up ain’t great Them spondees, trochees on a date Gosh, aren’t they cute? They’re all the rage right th......

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Categories: iambs, nonsense, silly,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Metrical Units
... if meter refers to a poem’s beat ~ why are iambs, spondees, and trochees feet? ---------- Measuring with Metrics by Milt Hankins got me thinking.........

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Categories: iambs, silly, words,
Form: Couplet
Hope
... Too much worry with one's undesired fear are destructive mental habits, it's sure to deplete energy; what thought to do just do, shouldn't panic, stay away from fear. Don't allow......

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Categories: iambs, fear,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member The Twisting Tale of An Avian Apparition
..."The discrepancies are many, the dalliances are few, both pitched against one dynamic, lifelong achievement" Poking through the woods of the Mill Grove Audubon Estate, suddenly came upon an ivy-......

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Categories: iambs, america, appreciation, art, bird,
Form: Blank verse

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