Iambs Poems - Poems about Iambs

..."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 More

...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 More

... "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 ......Read More

...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 More

...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 More

... 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 More

... 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 More

..."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 More

... 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 More

... 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 More

...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 More

...State of the Art (IV) These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry. Hearthside by Michael R. Burch “When you are old and grey and full of sleep...” — W. ......Read More

...Southern Icarus by Michael R. Burch Windborne, lover of heights, unspooled from the truck’s wildly lurching embrace, you climb, skittish kite... What do you know of the world’s despair, gli......Read More

...Wyatt's alexandrine combined a rhyming fourteen To introduce a novel verse,to the poetry scene; For we poets he bequeathed this literary treasure In couplet of iambs,some christen a 'poulter's mea......Read More

...Southern Icarus by Michael R. Burch Windborne, lover of heights, unspooled from the truck’s wildly lurching embrace you climb, skittish kite ... What do you know of the world’s despair, gli......Read More