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A terza rima poem is a form of poetry composed of iambic tercets (three-line groupings), but there is more to terza rima. What is terza rima in poetry (complete definition)?
DefiledHarmless may I sleep beneath the quilt’s aid
Though now past recollections I must share;
Amid the moments when I was genuinely afraid.
Depression took hold of me doctors will declare
I shall run away before in a cell...
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Categories:
abuse, child abuse,
Form: Terza Rima
Pin Oaks in AutumnPin oaks unfurl golden flags in September
Until they stand starkly naked and proud
While the ground is carpeted, I remember,
Strong autumn breezes their heads bowed
Hovering over the bare limbs quivering
Until they stand starkly naked and proud.
Soon...
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Categories:
autumn, september, tree,
Form: Terza Rima
Write the Poem You LikeWrite the poem that delights your ear
As though you alone will hear its rhymes,
Ask yourself if it sounds pleasing to hear.
Read it, read it at least three more times,
Then read again after correcting an error,
As...
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Categories:
irony, poems, poetry, writing,
Form: Terza Rima
Boat Ride IIBoat Ride II
Upon the crowded deck, boaters go their way
Drifting silently among sunken glades
Where sun kissed ripples...
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Categories:
environment, nature, pollution, river,
Form: Terza Rima
JESUS-Gods Son holy to humanity Christ being
life is on Jesus lay down dead
Grace from his holy spirit majestically fleeing
faith of himself pray Humanity said
I hope of our forgiveness through Christ
enjoy abundant...
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Categories:
adventure, analogy, appreciation, bereavement,
Form: Terza Rima
Devotion SongSolid bond we don’t need to discuss;
Connected by a fierce guitar chord,
this sentimental ballad belongs to us;
Affection accompanied by a keyboard,
outbursts so passionately staccato;
For you I would lay myself onto a...
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Categories:
emotions, feelings, love, music,
Form: Terza Rima
Beauty beams from heartThose relations alone live long
That judge nor call each other wrong,
But try and know as go along.
In chess one thing touches my heart,
Players combat, kill, watch coins part,
But let none their loved ones depart....
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Categories:
beauty, relationship,
Form: Terza Rima
True HeartWhen love came, it came so fast.
Was I mature enough to decide?
I hadn’t annals from my past.
Friends said my time I should bide.
I believed I knew what I wanted.
I wanted to be your bride.
By their...
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Categories:
emotions, feelings, heart, love,
Form: Terza Rima
In His Footsteps
No other would be my hero,
No other valiant combatant I have seen,
He gave all up until zero.
On his premise, I’d rather lean,
Imbibe his bravery and courage,
Fight every opposition until I win.
Wage against every tempestuous...
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Categories:
courage, inspiration, motivation,
Form: Terza Rima
College BluesI felt the conflict of that summer breeze
yearning, my cute friend hummed her graceful song
reclining under verdant willow trees.
College would soon begin, what could go wrong
as I leafed through my literature book
to get the feel...
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Categories:
lost love,
Form: Terza Rima
The Ferry Boat RideHe was a young man traveling lightly with nothing much to carry
but his dreams and wide-eyed wonder
and a ticket for a ferry
Ride, across a river wide that meandered like nothing real
while looking for rhyme...
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Categories:
allegory, allusion, travel, youth,
Form: Terza Rima
Dear CoffeeDear coffee I need him like I need you;
My tears won’t dry they keep running,
heart in ruin I don’t know what to do;
That reflection can’t be who I’m becoming;
All I can taste...
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Categories:
emotions, feelings, sad, sad
Form: Terza Rima
ProfeticaProfetica
There are wheels within wheels
And you said that you loved me
There was satin and heels
There are eyes within eyes
And I thought that I knew you
But it’s still a surprise
But the promise to never leave
Is a...
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Categories:
writing,
Form: Terza Rima
RationaleRATIONALE
A poem is one way to think out loud
Addressing all the thoughts in one’s own head
To share, responding to a willing crowd
A rhyming verse unlikely to be dead
The future’s bright, demanding ever more
And not accepting...
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Categories:
poems, poetry,
Form: Terza Rima
Spellbound by a SpecterEach night my dreams have become a host
as darkness welcomes a drifting silhouette.
Dancing in candlelight, I see a spectral ghost.
In slumber, I hear him whisper. Is it a threat?
Frightened, I tremble, trying not to provoke.
My...
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Categories:
dream,
Form: Terza Rima
Specific Types of Terza Rima Poems
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