Short Dimeter Poems

Written in Iambic Dimeter

Her ways are mine
Yes, I love Joan
Her eyes do shine
Voice low, soft tone
None, she alone

Do I want Jane?
Think I not so
Want she in vain
There is no glow
Can’t be her beau,...

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Camb'dian form 
Obscure and nice 
Four lines precise 
Dimeter each 

It's kind of neat 
Done light or dark 
You see them spark 
When you do it 

Fun and easy 
Every single bit 
Filled of wit 
Any time- anyway 

So roll your dice 
With this form play 
Have it your way 
Try it- have fun! 


Dorian Petersen Potter 
aka ladydp2000 
copyright@2007 



October,19,2014...

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Here begins a series of Burns stanzas
commemorating the Catholic Missions found in Old California along "El Camino Real", The King's Highway. The rhyme scheme is
aaabab and the meter is trochee.
Lines "a" are tetrameter lines and lines "b" are dimeter lines.


California's oldest mission.
Shrine provides appreciation,
viewing proselytization.
Converts, business,
making tribes of Christian passion.
Seeds brought, priests bless....

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If I call you 'my dear',
do I presume too soon
that you are mine?

If to me you draw near
and you cause me to swoon...
Breakfast at nine?

If it seems very clear
we are meant to be one, 
all should be fine?

If there's reason to fear
it will not be much fun,
should we decline?

If it's just for the sheer
joy, pure - surpassed by none,
our love will shine.






Note on form: Five Dimeter Tercet Stanzas, 6-6-4 Syllables and A-B-C Rhyming Patterns...

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