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judyanne
judyanne
May 01, 2017 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)
This poem is part of the workshop:

Meter... The Workshop.

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Iambic and Trochee (meter, the workshop)

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Iambic

I've lost desire to write of joy or fear,
and lately found all others' ideas drear.
Perhaps this shop will help me find some bliss
and somehow write less boring stuff than this.

~~~~~

Trochee

I am
Just a piece of driftwood floating
through the seas - erosive, tranquil,
practicing the art of noting,
savouring each gifted sample.

~~~~~

About This Poem

Style/Type: Structured: Western

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: Western Australia, AUS

Favorite Poets: Favourite poets? So many, so varied. I like particular songs, not necessarily the singer... and the same goes for poetry. I can honestly say though, that Alfred Noyes' The Highwayman was what inspired my love of poetry - my mother began reading it to me when I was still a baby, and it became my favourite bedtime story

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Comments

lovedly

lovedly

8 years 1 month ago

drear

drear
added to my new dictionary your contribution Judy

wesley snow

wesley snow

8 years 1 month ago

Drear nothing.

I need to see you move on. I know the feeling of not writing better for a time. I am in a lull and running a poor workshop.

Rula

Rula

8 years 1 month ago

I love what you write

even when you complain. Maybe leading a workshop would get the muse back.
Your talent has always amazed me and others, not to mention sir Wesley.
Keep it up dear.

judyanne

judyanne

8 years 1 month ago

thank you so much, Rula

for the very, very kind comment and compliment
It's lovely to know you enjoy my writes
Love judy
xxx
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weirdelf

weirdelf

7 years 12 months ago

I'm not going to record these

you nailed it. The only point of possible contention for me is that the words practicing and savouring are more commonly pronounced as Dactyls, which throws the meter of the rest of the line, but it's trivial. In a longer work mostly in Trochaic our ears would stress the 'ings'.