Short Trochee Poems

suffocating footle      time for a trochee-ostomy...

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trochee anapest or dactyl
stressed unstressed ' syllabil'
metered rythm as you will...

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Dreamers wake and feel relief:
Horror’s in the head;
Farts and snores disturb my sleep,
When she’s in my bed. *

* Pure fiction

For Andrea’s 7/5 Trochee contest...

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Falling drifting leaves by the wind blown around
Crashing rolling waves the sound sighing echoes
Sadness hollow winter comes whipping nature
Chilling the ground solid...

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Night emotes in sun whipped sheets,
            weaved from rainbow thread.
           Blueish greens that shyly wink,  
                  blushing pink to red.

                       -09 Apr 2015-...

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Gardens are my big passion.
I love how mine grows.
With sunflowers the fashion
There are highs, no lows.

Dominating every way,
Their idol, the sun.
Big bouquets for Mother's Day,
Would be so much fun....

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Percy's pickle pointed west
Larry's pointed down
Little Mary looked perplexed
Percy grinned and clowned.
Mary's small feet kept abreast
Larry looked around
'Till a tree limb snagged her dress
making Mary frown....

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Every time I take a step,
I end up falling down.
Legs flying throw the air,
Making me look like a clown.

Though if I jump up in the sky,
Holding a simple prayer in my mind.
I fly....
Only to land on my behind!:-)...

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Resolutions aren’t enough
Prayer helps when it’s tough
This year I said a shot prayer
To “The Boss” up there 

Prayed for two items from him
“Fat wallet”-“me slim”
Last year, I asked in vain
Don’t mix-up again!...

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A full moon, she paraded
amongst subdued stars
A bright sun swooned then faded
admiring afar

How the sun's love grew brighter
His moon boldly smiled
Hanging full, she grew wider
her shape had beguiled...

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I don't have the time to rhyme.
On this computor.
I sit and wait for the chime.
I just have one hour.

These contests with all these rules.
Leave me quite perlpexed.
You see, I don't have the tools.
They leave me so vexed....

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L’Age d’Or is an old flick
from nineteen-thirty.
Watching this thing made me sick.
It’s nonsense to me.

Do you know who wrote the script?
Salvador Dali!
You would think this guy had flipped.
It’s not worth to see.
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Centipede so tiny crawls
trekking on a fence
hundred legs, he never falls
I watch in suspense…

My two feet are bad, you see,
pain comes when I walk.
Should I be a centipede,
you would hear me squawk!


*Entry for Andrea’s 7/5 Trochee contest...

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Climbing mountains, scaling cliffs,
Bungee jumping fan,
Action hero, stuff of myths,
Such a macho man.

Snorkels, dives and flies a plane,
Thrills and danger led, 
Wrestles, races, feels no pain…
Only in my head.

For Andrea’s 7/5 Trochee contest...

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Easter comes but once a year,
In the early spring.
Lots of fresh eggs painted bright
For bunny to bring.

Christ was laid upon the cross
For to bear our sins.
Easter Sunday He will rise.
Goodness always wins.


For trochee 7/5 ocontest...

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Rich chocolate 'pon my thin lips.
On taste buds twang sits
Minute; lifetime on big hips.
Now clothes don't fit

To a diet must commit
Carrots celery dip
Peanut chocolate dip permit
My pants can now zip

Having bigger problem now than ever....Ha!!LOL...

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I will be your Olive Oyl
Slim as spinach reed,
Cling to me like plastic foil;
Bluto quarantined

Old maids can deny my fame
Need I flaunt my charm?
Two men fighting for my name,
Olive, take my arm!


©


Contest: Andrea Dietrich’s 7/5 Trochee...

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As I went to get published,
Stopped for ale and grub.
At a place called the Longfish;
Which is a great pub.

Well that first book it got scrubbed;
Thrown in the rubbish.
So now when I seek a pub,
It must end in lish.



For 7/5 Trochee Contest...

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Cinquain
5 lines progressing, 2 syl's, 4 syl's,
6 syl's, 8 syl's then back to two syl's
rhyme or meter not required
Written in Trochee metre as an exercise.

Pleasant!
My love's close now
She is gentle speaking
those words I love hearing most true.
I'm yours....

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Promises of better life ,
We all hope for it,
Many cut our hearts with knife,
Armless chairs they sit.

We are wise ;our votes will count ,
Empty words we're tired,
Extreme pressures we will mount,
Deceits have expired.


Contest:Have you tried a 7/5 trochee?...

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metre
unit of rhythm pattern of the beats
a foot has syllables two or three
variety on accent or stress
iamb is unstressed stressed
trochee is stressed unstressed
dactyl stressed unstressed unstressed
anapest reverse of dactyl
thats all for today
history 
of poetry...

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Lovers chance a tango dance;
passion lights the dark.
Swaying bliss, a stolen kiss,
music ignites sparks.

Romance swirls with hand-held twirls;
eyes gaze with desire.
Red wine lips and tango’s dips 
set the floor on fire.
   
For Andrea's 5/7 Trochee Contest, 3/29/15...

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love it luv it lubbit....
the modern curse of what you eat,
come back to sit an stay in the meat,
the blubber is arising ,
unwanted an surprising ,
so fat cant see me feet,
drattalising:(
but i got a well padded seat:)

Don Johnson

thank you Sara Kendrick

"Chocolate-Trochee"...

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Winning contests pleases folk;
Losing makes ‘em shrug.
Write a lot and go for broke;
Get that writing bug.

Try new forms and have a blast;
Enter, have a ball.
Nothing wrong with coming last;
Laugh about it all.

for Joe’s I just can’t win contest
Using the 7/5 trochee, a form created by Andrea...

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Tasty food passes my lips
Fat begins to show
Settling on my bum and hips
I am feeling low

Heading out towards the gym
Exercising hard
Work out done – I look so slim
In my leotard!

04~09~15

Contest: Andrea Dietrich Have you tried a 7/5 trochee?
~awarded 5th place~...

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