Long Heptameter Poems
Long Heptameter Poems. Below are the most popular long Heptameter by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Heptameter poems by poem length and keyword.
Effused Encounter
EFFUSED ENCOUNTER
Neither a dream nor a trick, I beguiled--
I reach the sky enameled with golden smile.
To hurdle bumps and curves, I continue to pedal
this steadfast being yearn to step on a pedestal,
I found at the...
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Categories:
heptameter, beautiful, feelings, flower, life, love, woman,
Form:
Quatorzain
And Frees Your Robot Mind (Little Wisdoms)
Iambic Heptameter Couplets (fourteen syllables--seven unstressed--seven stressed)
scansion of first line:
a/LIT/tle/TA/ken/IN/the/MID/dle/'TILL/you/HAVE/e/NOUGH
unstressed syllables: a/tle/ken/the/dle/you/e - seven unstressed syllables
STRESSED SYLLABLES: LIT/TA/IN/MID/TILL/HAVE/NOUGH - SEVEN STRESSED SYLLABLES
AND FREE'S YOUR ROBOT MIND (little wisdoms)
A little taken in the middle 'till you...
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Categories:
heptameter, life, time, life, time,
Form:
Couplet
Lookin' For My Plastic Pic One Night In June
Written In Iambic Heptameter utilizing an aabb rhyme scheme throughout the entire six stanza poem. thank you. easyeverett
Just sittin' in my touring bus, alone, throughout the day,
Then found my little plastic pic so I began...
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Categories:
heptameter, america, car, culture, truth,
Form:
Quatrain
Almost Midnight
1957
Oh, midnight's near, my dad made clear- our minutes left- just two!
You know, my dear, we must adhere- though we're engaged- 'tis true.
Please do not fear- that time is here, just hold me close...
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Categories:
heptameter, goodbye, kiss, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Warrior Winning
Warrior and Gladiator fought fiercely till the end.
A furious fight between them was brutal though both fend.
Regularly death was a fairly common occurrence.
Risk of death in their minds never created disturbance.
It didn't mean death of...
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Categories:
heptameter, cheer up,
Form:
Sonnet
Spring Like the Phoenix
Spring, like the Phoenix, rises from the ash of winter's fire,
when ice and snow from frozen row were logs upon its pyre.
The thaw will trickle moisture to each niche upon the earth.
The liquid flame of...
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Categories:
heptameter, change, life, seasons, spring,
Form:
Quatrain
Little People
Little People
With water can I hurried to my garden by the pond.
Warm sunshine told me thirsty flowers sought my magic wand,
to give them water which they crave to soon become refreshed...
when then I saw an...
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Categories:
heptameter, fairy, fantasy, garden,
Form:
Couplet
Earth Element of Wind
Earth element of wind, elusive to exploring eyes,
a gaseous, gusty ghost, she gyrates- gallops gallantly.
She bashes, bends, and bobs the branches of each bush and tree,
and chases, circles, curls dry fallen leaves so agilely.
We hear...
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Categories:
heptameter, appreciation, tribute, weather, wind,
Form:
Alliteration
Homeless
Oh, please, drop something in my cup, a bill or batch of change,
to see me smile when I look up...my fear with hope exchange.
A homeless man surely I am, my fate did bad by me;
I...
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Categories:
heptameter, for him, life, sad, sorrow,
Form:
Verse
Wanderings of Soul
Wanderings of soul
Couldn't see the colour of the sky,
Nor the birds, their flight so high,
The greens were lost in twilight,
Didn't you see tears in my eyes ?
My stray soul that still wanders,
Passion swamps mind that...
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Categories:
heptameter, passion, soulmate,
Form:
Quatorzain
Would You Like To Meter
Today I feel iambic! I would say
of all the meters, I like it the best.
An iamb starts with some soft sound to say
then ev'ry second syllable is stressed.
Trochees likewise, alternate their stresses;
even-numbered syllables are muted....
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Categories:
heptameter, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Death, You Do Not Win
Death, You Do Not Win
The world has been unkind to me
yet there's no where, no where to flee.
I'll sit and take it if I must
for all return to earthly dust.
To...
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Categories:
heptameter, anger, angst, bereavement, change, death of a
Form:
Rhyme
Standing Tall
I live next to a window where the sun shines down on me.
Oh, how I worship its life-giving, everlasting glow!
Each day I try to bend down further so my blooms can be
close to the glass...
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Categories:
heptameter, feelings, flower,
Form:
Personification
A Diamond In the Rough
A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH
The silky pearly-white soft skin, beneath her comb's dark beams
and her intriguing olive eyes' attentive, thoughtful gaze,
behind the night's befalling veil, with elegance supreme,
like mystic crypts enchant the men and cause...
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Categories:
heptameter, inspirational, poverty, rights,
Form:
Quatorzain
Spectacular Spring
S - Splendid are those images of spring's rebirthing sign.
P - Phenomenal when first we see red robins make the scene.
E - Eye-catching is each budding limb and wakened tender vine,
C - captivating...
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Categories:
heptameter, beautiful, spring,
Form:
Acrostic
Wonderful - Our Sun
W - Wondrous are the golden rays of each dawn's morning bliss.
O - Outstanding is its brilliant setting when the day's dismissed.
N - Notable in how it sinks behind a mountain crest.
D - Divine the...
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Categories:
heptameter, inspiration, sun,
Form:
Acrostic
Last Night I Dreamed
Last night I dreamed of youthful days, when all the world was new.
The faces of the long ago, were there for me to view.
Old friends appeared to me again; we chatted for awhile.
I recognized...
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Categories:
heptameter, life, me, me, , sweet love,
Form:
Rhyme
Colours of Rainbow
Colours of rainbow
Clouds when veil the mighty sun,
Morning seems so dull and wet,
Rainy day can be much fun,
Joy that tiny drops beget,
Colourful umbs run on roads,
Footpath forgets carefree walk,
Evening croak of frogs and toads,
Resting calm...
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Categories:
heptameter, color, joy, life, rain, rainbow,
Form:
Quatorzain
A Second In Court
A Second in Court
A déjà vu to centuries past is just a quantum peak
to glimpse the courtly, avant-garde in session to critique
Baroque and Renaissance displays, pointing as they speak,
admiring slight anomaly that makes some art...
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Categories:
heptameter, art, history,
Form:
Monorhyme
A Child's Sky
A child's sky
Subtle emotions in heart,
till he grows up real smart,
Tears scroll down the chubby cheek,
for a toy meagre and meek!
Steals eye to slip out of house,
dad's anger is tough to douse,
The joy of winning...
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Categories:
heptameter, joy, life,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
My Man Is a Big Puppet
He stands in a few distance,
His winning frame charms my eyes:
Lanky shape with flat tommy,
A broad chest seems full with brawn,
A dark spectacle that wins,
His hair style lauds his barber;
Today I have met my...
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Categories:
heptameter, allusion,
Form:
Free verse
Personal Memories
Personal Memories - Three Generations
Three generations in between them now so kindly lie;
sweet great granddaughter and great grand-papa can now belie
those years. She reads to him, and he so tenderly sits by...
two children...
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Categories:
heptameter, granddaughter, grandfather, memory,
Form:
Monorhyme
Modern Life
Modern life
When goodness grows at snails pace,
When kindness in the life suffers,
And shrewdness keeps winning race,
And cheating and ditch buffers,
When best friends misunderstand,
When a dear one breaks your heart,
And foes closer to heart stand,
And tries...
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Categories:
heptameter, angst, introspection,
Form:
Quatorzain
The River
The River
Where are you heading, rolling river, as you move along?
Where did you start your winding journey centuries ago?
What daring tales lay hidden in your soothing, rippling song?
What deep, dark secrets do you hold in...
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Categories:
heptameter, mystery, river,
Form:
Verse