Tag Archives: iambic pentameter

Get Thee to a Punnery

Posted on April 10, 2021 by whimsygizmo

To flee or not to flee, now that’s the thing, the rub that flubs us by the final scene. We wonder, do we bow to numbered king? Exit stage left, or somewhere in between?  It’s Greek to me, we say in foreign tongueand … Continue reading →

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i am bic.

Posted on April 14, 2020 by whimsygizmo

.. a pen with ink to give. a poem battling to breathe.   .. in april, we poem. sometimes we even use words.     

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Sorry About Your Toes, She Says

Posted on June 17, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. unstress.STRESS.unstress.STRESS. I amb confused on which is which. STRESS.unstress.STRESS.unstress. I really am trying to follow the pitch. My feet are tangled, my muse is sore. STRESS.unstress.STRESS.unstress. I’ve tri-ed, I’ve di-ed, I’m pent up and hexed. It’s unstress,STRESS; less “un” … Continue reading →

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Iamb-ivalent

Posted on June 11, 2015 by whimsygizmo

I like the way the rhythm sounds, the way the stresses make their rounds. These scattered phrases have their beat, but still they trip on their own feet. Iamb a poet without a cause, a rebel p(r)oser who’ll take a … Continue reading →

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