Miscellaneous Poems
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Random, diverse and unusual poetry
So, You Want to Try Your Hand at Blank Verse
Before you start to write in verse that’s blank
it’s vital that you learn iambic feet.
“Iambic feet?” you ask, then scratch your chin.
“Iambic feet,” I say, “must march along:
ti TUM, ti TUM, ti TUM, ti TUM, ti TUM.
This poem’s written in iambic feet.”
“So what exactly is a foot?” you ask,
“when talking poetry and writing it?”
A foot contains one beat in metered forms:
most often it involves a ti and tum,
and since you want to write blank verse, we’ll use
iambic feet in strict pentameter.
“Pentameter?” you sigh and...
it’s vital that you learn iambic feet.
“Iambic feet?” you ask, then scratch your chin.
“Iambic feet,” I say, “must march along:
ti TUM, ti TUM, ti TUM, ti TUM, ti TUM.
This poem’s written in iambic feet.”
“So what exactly is a foot?” you ask,
“when talking poetry and writing it?”
A foot contains one beat in metered forms:
most often it involves a ti and tum,
and since you want to write blank verse, we’ll use
iambic feet in strict pentameter.
“Pentameter?” you sigh and...
#WritingPoetry
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Fia
Fervidly
Individually
Angelic
Individually
Angelic
#WritingPoetry
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Clouds
cumulus people
their heads in the clouds
people
walking by
floating by
staring ahead
staring at
cell phones
talking to invisible people
their moods - spring
or stormy
wandering
from here to there
seemingly unaware
wondering
in meditative excursions
meandering above the
ground
until they're gone
replaced
by other clouds
their heads in the clouds
people
walking by
floating by
staring ahead
staring at
cell phones
talking to invisible people
their moods - spring
or stormy
wandering
from here to there
seemingly unaware
wondering
in meditative excursions
meandering above the
ground
until they're gone
replaced
by other clouds
#nature
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Inconducive
24/30
Inconducive
Dropped a shiny nickel down a well
Hoping for a splash
Hearing a kerplunk
What???
I should have known
expected this arid bit
no more energy
for no more spit
Been getting by on
perhaps, due to the well
having been dug deeper
from a hole an “Alice”
fell into chasing rabbits
or wishful dreams
(thinking)
I wish I was thinking
then I wouldn’t have to
ruminate something
out of thin musty old
air in the depths of
my ancient history
buried in a...
Inconducive
Dropped a shiny nickel down a well
Hoping for a splash
Hearing a kerplunk
What???
I should have known
expected this arid bit
no more energy
for no more spit
Been getting by on
perhaps, due to the well
having been dug deeper
from a hole an “Alice”
fell into chasing rabbits
or wishful dreams
(thinking)
I wish I was thinking
then I wouldn’t have to
ruminate something
out of thin musty old
air in the depths of
my ancient history
buried in a...
#myself
#NaPoWriMo2024
#WritersBlock
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Roots
Tears streak liquid pain.
My roots thrash in tainted ground..
Lips silent, throb blame.
My roots thrash in tainted ground..
Lips silent, throb blame.
#betrayal
#haiku
#sadness
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animal heaven
i had
heard that
all dogs
go to
heaven,
i even
watched
the animated
movie,
wouldn't it
seem fair
to know
that heaven
would show
the same
consideration
and privileges
towards cats
as well?
heard that
all dogs
go to
heaven,
i even
watched
the animated
movie,
wouldn't it
seem fair
to know
that heaven
would show
the same
consideration
and privileges
towards cats
as well?
#aging
#cats
#death
#emotions
#love
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Who am I?
Today my name is?
Damn, I'm really not certain
Deteriorate
Damn, I'm really not certain
Deteriorate
#haiku
#identity
#illness
#memories
#MentalHealth
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Outdated
Sometimes things
are outdated
sometimes things
don't work
Sometimes you have to give up
And realise it’s not worth it
But then you
Feel like a failure
And you want to try again
And in the end you think was it all worth it
No not really!
are outdated
sometimes things
don't work
Sometimes you have to give up
And realise it’s not worth it
But then you
Feel like a failure
And you want to try again
And in the end you think was it all worth it
No not really!
#Fanfiction
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Nothing will go to waste
Welcome to my c-oven
you'll be sanctified
later on, you'll be purified
tomorrow, you'll be rectified
It's time...
it's time for the sacrifice
the sacrifice of YOU!
You wait for the cows to come home
but baby you squirm like an earthworm
sinker, hook & line
your organs we will dine
We slaughter and then we deep fry
crispy on the inner thigh
I now want more, just like a drunken whore
Like it or not,
dissected and cooked,
before you rot
Justify
Comply ...
you'll be sanctified
later on, you'll be purified
tomorrow, you'll be rectified
It's time...
it's time for the sacrifice
the sacrifice of YOU!
You wait for the cows to come home
but baby you squirm like an earthworm
sinker, hook & line
your organs we will dine
We slaughter and then we deep fry
crispy on the inner thigh
I now want more, just like a drunken whore
Like it or not,
dissected and cooked,
before you rot
Justify
Comply ...
#food
#religion
#rhyming
#sacrifice
#satirical
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A Conversation in My Head (response)
Sometimes the mind and heart have to just listen
#support
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the last viking
The Last Viking
There had been a storm, that uprooted
an old oak that exposed a gave
the grave of the last Viking, a rusty
sword beside him its grip was made
fallen stars, he had been a chieftain
When everybody had gone home for tea
the Viking checked his body
he was a skeleton and nude about it
In a workman's hut, he found
an overall and boots
The last one to say him was outside
a lingerie shop was an elderly lady
she thought he was trying to masturbate
who can blame him after being dead
for 500 years, he...
There had been a storm, that uprooted
an old oak that exposed a gave
the grave of the last Viking, a rusty
sword beside him its grip was made
fallen stars, he had been a chieftain
When everybody had gone home for tea
the Viking checked his body
he was a skeleton and nude about it
In a workman's hut, he found
an overall and boots
The last one to say him was outside
a lingerie shop was an elderly lady
she thought he was trying to masturbate
who can blame him after being dead
for 500 years, he...
#apocalypse
#fate
#luck #mythology
#luck #mythology
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Minuscule Panic
Get ready to panic
Ignore what they say, got to get there every way
There’s no tune from a bottomless pit, aren’t they all bursting to fit the pit?
Fight the fat and chew honeysuckle dried due from the pits of desiccated otter’s eyes, scream into their ears for just one sentence of a rhetorical steel-coned brushing in repayment
Have you heard from a cave that we break down in our bounds of self-persevering honorarium?
Flatulence is king here, won’t you lend me an ear?
Disjointed gibberish leads to rubbish but I love it when I’m weary...
Ignore what they say, got to get there every way
There’s no tune from a bottomless pit, aren’t they all bursting to fit the pit?
Fight the fat and chew honeysuckle dried due from the pits of desiccated otter’s eyes, scream into their ears for just one sentence of a rhetorical steel-coned brushing in repayment
Have you heard from a cave that we break down in our bounds of self-persevering honorarium?
Flatulence is king here, won’t you lend me an ear?
Disjointed gibberish leads to rubbish but I love it when I’m weary...
#WritingPoetry
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