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Category Archives: Metrical Verse

O’ Liberty – An Acrostic Poem

Liberty’s wields her sword
in most imperceptible ways,

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 28, 2020August 5, 2020Posted inMetrical Verse, Short PoemsTags:acrostic poem, arcrostic poetry, poem, poetry, short poem, short poetryLeave a comment on O’ Liberty – An Acrostic Poem

Dance in the Fire – A Villanelle

Do not let your spirit be leveled flat,
your laughter should rise with the coming sun,
laugh, cry, and dance in the embers of life.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 27, 2020Posted inMetrical VerseTags:Iambic Pentameter, Metrical Verse, poem, poetry, Poetry about life, verseLeave a comment on Dance in the Fire – A Villanelle

To Be Human

To destroy is to be human,
we’d sell the sun to buy a candle;

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 26, 2020Posted inMetrical Verse, Short PoemsTags:Iambic Tertrameter, Metrical Verse, poem, poems, poetry, verseLeave a comment on To Be Human

Supine and Standing Dreams

In thumping thuds of far off drowsy drums
I hear the restless distant call of questions,
beckoning me closer to feel their boom
and beat within my body louder the taunt

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 24, 2020Posted inEnigmas, Metrical Verse, Poems about lifeTags:poem, poetry, Poetry about lifeLeave a comment on Supine and Standing Dreams

Visions of Dust and Dirt

It’s things grown old that hurt my bones,
a spread of green can easily fold
to visions of dust and dirt, and worse.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 9, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inMetrical VerseTags:Uncategorized Poetry, villanelleLeave a comment on Visions of Dust and Dirt

Should I Compare You To a Winters Morn – Sonnet 18 Shakespeare Mirror

Should I compare you to a winters morn?
You are more bitter and more discontent

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 7, 2020July 16, 2020Posted inMetrical Verse, UncategorizedTags:gold digger, Sonnet, Uncategorized PoetryLeave a comment on Should I Compare You To a Winters Morn – Sonnet 18 Shakespeare Mirror

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