#iambic

[salovie]

The robins in the rain rejoice

At flooded lawns and thunder’s voice

That drove the worms to open air:

A feast laid out on sidewalk’s snare.

With careful steps I jog the path,

Avoid the storm’s squirmy aftermath;

I leap and prance, a laugh slips free

As my run becomes choreography.

I’m sorry, worms, for your sad plight,

But I’m sure my jig is quite the sight.

#poetry #napowrimo 2023 #NaPoWriMo #prompt #write a poem in which laughter comes at may seem to be an inappropriate time #this one is a little silly but true story #thousands of worms!! and I dodged them all #at least that’s what I tell myself #rhymes #spilled ink #not a haiku #iambic

[greyennui]

i was that nerd who was a TA for my English teacher in high school my senior year and one time I was sitting on the floor by her desk grading papers and I don't even remember what we were talking about, but she sighed and said "oh, [legal name], you little iamb" because my legal name is iambic and so I said "yes I am" and I'll never forget that delighted laugh she made

#i like to think I'm hilarious but mostly it's accidental humor being the result of my autistic deadpan #grey gabs #iambic #poetry humor

[yaaqov]

Waltham 620

My patience, verve, and will are gone. (I'm losing all the time.) The chance to triumph has withdrawn. (I'm losing all the time.) My cells obey a finite span, Compel to death a finite man. Each day abates duration's brawn. I'm losing all the time.

#poetry #formal poetry #rhyming poetry #iambic #paronomasia #wordplay #play on words

[willknightauthor]

FLY!

#poetry #poem #mysticism #nature #love #loss #iambic pentameter #quatrain #alternate rhyme #own writing #mystical poetry #writeblr #iambic

[mortejchjo]

At Night

At night and underneath new light,

The neighbored moon now shines on me.

I walk in nature, nearing home.

But sounds were gnawing at my neck.

-

Nocturnal noises ever nigh.

They nestled niches, knowing now

Where I was -- No, where next I'd be.

But these were native normal sounds.

-

I need not fear Her natural state,

But someone -- something neared my nest.

It gnashed and gnarled, but never moved.

I could not budge, nor nudge my eyes.

#artists on tumblr #horror #literature #my poetry #poem #poems #poems and poetry #poetry #rhythm #alliteration #iambic #spoktoberpoetry #uncanny #nunnation #tetrameter #quatrain #anacoluthon #Day 4

[nudeartpluspoetry]

Inward Sea

Remembering's such a liquid world, as if what is recalled swims out of murk-- the mind diving to meet it once again-- and then the memory waggles back to depths.

But what's down there, down deep, forever, never to swim up again? There, not there, what weird forgotten creatures or shards of little shipwrecks

might emerge? You think this as you lean, look past the edge of now, the present moment rocking like a boat. Remembering, or not, you look into that inward sea of yours.

Hans Ostrom

allpoetry.com

#remembering #memory #poetry #poems #poets on tumblr #blank verse #iambic #hansostrompoetry

[arccosh]

#poem #poetry #verse #free verse #iambic #love #love poem #letting go

[bitcoinprophets]

#a.i. #asked #christian #closer #faith #getting #holy #iambic #jesus #pentameter #practicing #prayer #spirit" #the #through #with #write

[ogbbo70ml]

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#beamily #cashed #self-effacement #ambitendencies #noninformativeness #slave-got #Institutes #iambic #Jilli #ahartalav #ultraroyalism #sultaness #bacteriostatic #sambur #clapperclaw #shiny-backed #furoin #switch-hitter #by-paths #Redig

[mythology-void]

okay so I was doing a Research™️ about ancient Greek etymology as one does and I found some Things that made me want to Violently Claw My Arms Off please allow me to force feed you my discoveries

So there are 2 words for "not" in ancient Greek, depending on the context: ou and mē. Having introduced himself in the Cyclops episode as " ou tis", or No-man, he then stabs Polyphemus in the eye. When Polyphemus' brothers come to check on him, they say this:

"... surely no man [mē tis] is carrying off your sheep? Surely no man [mē tis] is trying to kill you either by fraud or by force?"

Right after this, after the other cyclopes ditch Polyphemus, Odysseus's inner monologue goes something like this:

"Then they went away, and I laughed inwardly at the success of my clever strategem [metis]." (pronounced mEH-Tis)

Now, there's a difference between mē tis and metis. [mē tis] (pronounced mEH-Tis with a space between the syllables) is the literal translation for "no man". Metis is a word for extreme intelligence/cunning, which is something Odysseus is famous for.

Now, there are several examples of abuse of metis/intelligence in the Odyssey, but I think the juxtaposition between [mē tis], or the concept of anonymity, and metis, or extreme intelligence, is REALLY interesting. Odysseus's adoption of the title "No-man" was characteristic of metis--it was a really smart move that simultaneously hid him from the cyclops and avoided any future consequences. It was a highly effective strategy all wrapped up in a nest little package with a bow on it.

But when he revealed himself as Odysseus of Ithaca, effectively throwing off No-man (anonymity and [mē tis]), that was characterized as idiocy--he's essentially doxxed himself, and now he's doing to (spoiler alert) get tossed around the Mediterranean by Poseidon for the next 10 years.

This is really interesting because it lets you see the parallels/codependency between metis(intelligence) and humility. When Odysseus refused to allow himself to go unnoticed (hubris) he suffered for it. BUT when he declined instant glory/satisfaction (kleos) in order to achieve the long term goal of survival, he was rewarded with Athena's favor (pay attention. This part is important).

And this situation repeats itself MULTIPLE TIMES in the Odyssey--the EXACT SAME THING happens near the end of the book, with the suitors. When. Odysseus is dressed as a beggar and the suitors/Antinious are abusing him, he ACTIVELY CHOOSES not to react--he doesn't stand up and rip off his disguise and start hollering "TIS I, ODYSSEUS OF ITHACA! FEAR MY WRATH"

No. He sits there patiently and waits. He plans and schemes and quietly orchestrates their downfall without alerting them of it. Why? Because he learned his lesson the first time this happened. He buried his rage and adopted what was, according to Grace LA Franz, a more feminine form of metis, weaving a web of destruction for his enemies that ultimately resulted in their total annihilation (see Weaving a Way to Nostos: Odysseus and Feminine Metis in the Odyssey by Grace LaFranz). His patience allowed him to win the whole prize--no questions asked, no 10-year-long-business-trip strings attached--just the sweetness of a full victory. And he is, once again, rewarded with Athena's favor--both in the battle with the suitors and in the aftermath (cleanup/reuniting with Penelope).

This really reinforces the idea in the Odyssey that Odysseus's defining characteristic is not just his intelligence--it's his ability to learn from his mistakes. He used what he learned at the Lotus Eaters Island against Polyphemus--the Lotus Eaters drugged his men, so he drugged Polyphemus. He used what he learned from Circe and Polyphemus against the suitors--Circe used false sweetness and honeyed words to lure his men into a trap, so that's exactly what he did to the suitors. His hubris on Polyphemus' island cost his whole crew their lives, so he intentionally left well enough alone until the right time. He didn't just learn from his failures--he turned them into BATTLE STRATEGY.

i don't care what anyone says that is completely totally and objectively awesome

#Odysseus is a certified baddie 112% of the time #he's literally the coolest you can't convince me otherwise #there's a reason that literally everyone has a crush on him #even the lesbians #its the wordplay. his words #read me a poem in iambic pentameter you bloody stinky man #literally everyone: his sad wet vibes and dark undereye circles have captivated me entirely #odysseus #the odyssey #tagamemnon #odysseus x penelope #telemachus #epic the musical #the cyclops saga #odysseus of ithaca #poseidon #etymology #ancient greece #ancient history

[salovie]

I’ve barely slept yet here I am;

I take another step and then

I’m dodging bombs and just, like, damn—

I’ve barely slept, yet here I am!

Tending fires like it’s my jam,

I take a punch or two or ten,

I’ve barely slept yet here I am;

I take another step, and then…

#poetry #spilled ink #triolet #NaPoWriMo #napowrimo 2023 #prompt #write a triolet #this is a poem about motherhood #lol the way I agonized over including that swear word that perfectly rhymed #let me tell you as someone who doesn’t typically swear it felt WRONG 🥲 #iambic #not a haiku

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

well...

#the fact that the missing word fucked the iambic really bothered me #so here is the fixed version #calligraphy #his wife has filled his house with chintz. #to keep it real I fuck him on the floor.

[hamletthedane]

When Shakespeare describes the eventual end of human history as “the last SYLLABLE of recorded time” suggesting that the end of humanity will not be with a bang, a whimper, a gunshot, a sword, or even a breath, but with a syllable - a word….

And the fact that the line ends on the word “time”, which is one stressed syllable past its welcome in the iambic pentameter, suggesting that time itself continues long after human speech (iambic pentameter) has already ended AAAAAAHHHHHHH-

#macbeth #honestly Macbeth’s soliloquy is such a particularly brilliant piece of poetry #the breaking up of the iambic pentameter into increasingly irregular lines #the fact that half of the lines have feminine endings and he’s trying to cram three syllables into one #and also how both ‘tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow’ and ‘creeps in this petty pace’ FEELS creeping and cyclical #love it

[willknightauthor]

ANNIHILATION

The dogs rut The shards cut A kick to the gut A bloody mutt

Tongue of a liar Lose all desire Walk on fire Witness the pyre

I harbor the Snake I must now take The sky’s opaque For heaven’s sake

I took the dive I won’t survive Buried alive Down I drive

Once misbegotten My head is rotten My thoughts are cotton All’s forgotten

The earth is lithe The worms writhe Pay Charon’s tithe Welcome the scythe

Forgive me, Lord I cut the cord My soul you ward Judged by the sword

#poetry #poem #depression #suicide #death #iambic dimeter #quatrain #own writing #writeblr #iambic #elegy

[mortejchjo]

Boat on a Waveless lot of Lake

Boat on a waveless lot of lake, me and my game killed treking waters still uncharted on my own.

Still when the white pond in the black sky was descending, I was watchful for a quack or a crow.

Finally, duck calls now at last! But for some reason, in a circle of tight tall trees they had flown.

-

Trees in a circle tightly packed-in were where ducks had arbored havens as they hid deep in those homes.

This is when I then had to follow; finding one single mesquite tree in the center, all alone.

These kinds of trees thrive in an arid situation, and is never among water unless thrown.

-

Those very same ducks in a long line then had flown into the tree's cleft as if it'd been a blackhole.

After the ducks, some long horned deer, antlers like branches, went and walked onto the water liked skipped stones.

Neither their eyes, nor did my own meet. His objective's to be in that hollowed tree, strolling slow.

-

Just when the deer entered the tree, horned branches turned arboreal, now taking shapes of wooden bones.

Just as the deer had disappeared into the tree, I lost my balance as my boat was being thrown.

Now as the deer lay resting calm, me and my boat flipped and were capsized and were dragged down by grooved woes.

#poems #poems and poetry #my poetry #poetry #spoktoberpoetry #spoktober #artists on tumblr #horror #literature #rhyme #trochaic #iambic #1 trochaic + 1 iambic #hexameter #tercet #dysphemism

[sonderandsoliloquy]

If Not What I Desire

my head is underwater, trapped inside

short breaths being held at capacity

swirling, Pummeling secrets I confide

salty, aching eyes with no land to see

hands outstretched, reaching-yet I sink deeper

kicking legs, shining sun. I am fighting.

pretending not to care would be cheaper

grit is my downfall, Icarus melting

the burn in my lungs misinterpreted

hot passion or spreading wildfire

mixing metaphors, losing beloved

who am I if not what I desire?

what is my fight, my love if not my pain

jupiter rises, the stars aligning

#poetry #iambic #metaphor #poem #original