Long Tetrameter Poems

The reading of Villon poems at West Berlin’s Free University, Winter Semester 1957-58
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Again the alarm is set.

Strawberries, date squares…Yum, Yum.   

The alarm rings again. The tea party is over.

 She returns to her perch where her wings are immediately clipped by the Bald Eagle who...

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With the end of days upon them
Nears the time of final battle
In the halls of high Valhalla
Asgard senses its death rattle

In the forest crows the rooster 
In the sky the sun does darken
In the cave...

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I was born, Bronx, New York, in the year 'Thirty-Nine',
   the first child with a brother who followed in time.
Ten years later, moved North, Hudson Valley, same State
   where I've settled,...

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One Night In A Haunted Manor-

Mohonk Mountain House is a rapturous place
where we love to visit and walk the long trails;
partake in its charming Victorian grace.
A mystical ambiance- there still prevails.

A manor-like hotel for overnight...

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Before we look at iambic meter you must understand syllables, how they are used to break down words into separate sounds, an example, 'un/der/stand; a  three syllable word. The latter, (word), is a single...

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Between grains of ancient fine sand
desert roses hidden from sight—
Colourful, exquisitely fanned.
They formed in darkness; pressure shaped.
Each perfect corolla agape
in floral whorl of sharp crescents;
fluorescent and phosphorescent.   
 
Against injustices they railed—
within shed...

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I saw her footprints daub the sand
    no other tracks to show, just then
      late afternoon, near August's end
  a meeting that we hadn't planned

I'd left...

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A good poetry emanates from the heart of the poet, vibrates in its rhythm that resonates in the mind of the reader. The form of poetry has evolved over the years with literary experiments on...

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I was once really new to our Poetry Soup,
and I knew I should try to join in with the group;
post my poems on-site to be read by a few,
and then give it a whirl, join...

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I saw her footprints daub the sand
    no other tracks to show, just then
      late afternoon, near August's end
  a meeting that we hadn't planned

I'd left...

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LAST WORD, rules:

‘LAST WORD’ poetry, another new form invented by me, (Mick Talbot), unless you know different, feedback, please
Format:
[1] 5 lined stanza’s, as many as you like. The fifth line of each the refrain, and...

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Iamb, Trochee, Spondee, Pyrrhic. Do those words have meaning for you? If not, you may find it handy as a poet to learn how to employ at least a few of them. They are names...

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Author Note:  Anapestic tetrameter: two unstressed syllables followed by a 
stressed syllable.


So I queried some poets who dance 'cross our pages,
With such lightness and patterns and passion-filled phrases.
"When your guidance is sought by one...

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Today I’d like to talk to you about how meter plays a part in
how we write a poem and sometimes in how we speak

The above lines, which are not at all poetic, are written in...

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(a story in trochaic tetrameter)

Even a Prince must bend his knee
to the lass who has won his heart.
“Please be my bride, stay by my side
forever - tell me we shall wed.”

“My love and affections are...

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In the square of the town, is an old wooden clock
with a movement that only one time has been wound.
You can try to get answers, but no one will talk,
though the rumors of horrible sights...

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He walks crooked like a cowboy
Who has ridden many a mile
Gritty fingers holding old pipe
Wrinkled face and greying mustache

Looking wisely to the night sky 
No smile passes over his lips
His is the path of a...

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WRITING POETRY WITHOUT RULES*

I thought I'd write some poetry
Just for the fun that it would be.
So I went to the web to see
 what it said
about how to write poems just for me.

I ran into...

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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.
Is it an emotional binge?
Can't...

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Between two lands of mountain mist 
There lies the lower plain 
Where bone-dry desert sands exist 
In constant need of rain. 
Yet still proud creatures work and play 
Upon cracked earth each sun-drenched day. 

The...

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I remember when I met you...
I was just a scared kid who knew
Life was thirsty for all my tears.
You told me it would be okay,
I believed, but to my dismay,
You were wrong...it was what I...

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Part II - Iambic Tetrameter aabb rhyme

Part II

Concealed in dreams, revealed at dawn,
The dark brings demon things thought strong.
No morbid mood can now contain
Feigned pride residing there in pain.

The dreadful dark of dreams means fear,
As...

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You've been lost along the equinox 
of confusion's bitter myriad
And then you smile, but with a trace
of roses, pressed, between a page

We take a walk, beneath the limbs,
in filtered light, against the sun
It slips away,...

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God's most beautiful guardian angels come down,
they descend from the heavens, each one in white gown;
with their spirit, they guide me...my heart, soul, and mind.

These sweet, gentle white angels embrace me; I find
I can see...

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