poetmess.
hey, look everybody! look at what i found! i found old poetry homework! i was submitting some poetry for publication, to take myself seriously as a writer, when i came across some older poetry that i wrote in one hour (that’s how long it would take me to do my poetry homework), i don’t even remember having a professor forman! was forman a man or a woman! i don’t know! i also found a pattern in my poetry homework! try and see what the pattern is!
Rocio Anica
ENGL-406
Professor Forman
Example of Iambic Dimeter:
I would to God
I could not care
About the world
And those who spoil.
And yet I do
And all that’s true
And if you would
I’ll pray and toil.
Example of Iambic Pentameter:
One day I went to get some food and drink
And met a man who looked at me and smiled
I said to him, “What’s that on your left hand?”
He blinked and stammered, “Honey, it’s some prop.”
So in my youth I made believe it true
And ever since my conscience has been dark.
Example of Trochaic Trimeter:
Spoken, measured, broken.
Words are thrown in faces.
Blanket phrases. Targets.
Jaded statements. Lying.
Over, over. So over.
Example of Anapestic Tetrameter:
Can we go to that island and swim in its shores?
Can you leap to my arms and forget from before
All the effort, the tears, and my little, lean fears
That I took to your care to abuse your fine love?
Example of Accentual Meter:
Well, I’ve been here before where I’m lost and afraid.
I was told, well before you, to be bold, be more brave.
Really, it would be that boredom between lost
And afraid that would bring me looking for this
And you, I’m afraid. It’s dullness I’m more fearful of.
Short Syllabic Poem:
The Lovesong Of Me and You
I love to sing in the
car and I love to play
the guitar. And I love
you when you love me to
smile. You should smile more for
you and smile more for me
and you should sing at a
bar, a karaoke bar,
let your guard down now and
forever. I’ll sing too
while you hold the mic for
you and for me if you
promise to sing that song
about things that don’t end.
