Iambs Poems - Poems about Iambs

...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......Read the rest...

...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” ......Read the rest...

...or Such Stuff As John-a-dreams Is Made On "Reason sole sobers up booze artists." -- a poet of penetration * * * Upon the tide of midnight 'neath the moon, Amidst a s......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

..."It's not easy being the real frog in the fairy tale." -- on the real frog the wart of Reality * * * Each time a rhymester scribbles of self-love, of pregnant virgins, "souls......Read the rest...

...Full All Dressed Up and Going Nowhere! "Approximately 10 quintillion insects reside on Earth -- in addition to billions of squirming humans." -- a stink bug by any other name *......Read the rest...

..."Imagination works; Fancy plays." -- a poet of Fancy (in addition to Imagination) * * * The pretty purple picotees and johnny-jump-ups sweet around the shady trees at Pheasant Fa......Read the rest...

...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 ......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

... if meter refers to a poem’s beat ~ why are iambs, spondees, and trochees feet? ---------- Measuring with Metrics by Milt Hankins got me thinking.........Read the rest...

... 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......Read the rest...

..."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-......Read the rest...

... Since morning pondering how to write a good poem for you wrote several but what comes out is story of my failure, a story of disappointment, feeling blue; no that's not poem, it’s s......Read the rest...

... Tell me truth today, I won't flinch. I've noticed your smile with a wink; Yes, your gesture made me to think; Should I not take it as infringe? I don't know, if I'm little slow......Read the rest...

...I am firmly convinced the sonnet is the goddess Or, perhaps, the queen of verse in perfect timing, Fourteen exquisite lines of flowing metered stress Frequently in quatrains with alternate rhyming......Read the rest...