Iambs Poems - Poems about Iambs

Anticipatory

...Inspired by “Poems and Poets” by Anne Winter

“For once in my life,
I want to be a poem” — Anne Winter


If I were a poem
could my poem be a poet?
If such could be done
who besides ...

An AI Walks into a Poetry Contest

...It rhymed “desire” with “funeral pyre,” 
and closed with “...thus, I stand redeemed.” 
The judge said, “Odd—no space, all fire.”

Each line marched out like neat attire, 
iambs i...

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...

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...

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
...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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”
...

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...

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 ...

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...

Metrical Units

...
if meter refers to a poem’s beat ~
    why are iambs, spondees, and trochees feet?






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Measuring with Metrics by Milt Hankins got me thinking......

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