Iambic Pentameter
A cadence, beat, measure, rhyme
drumming, marching, ticking, knocking
asking, walking, seeing, talking
Baseline, backbone, cornerstone, time
building, stacking, growing, making
composing with these pieces, taking
.
Camper, knapsack, hotel room
palace, mansion, hovel, home
we may return from whence we roam
Orchard, garden, bud and bloom
tending, weeding, water and sun
from the earth are things begun
.
Village, city, suburb, town
direction, address, colony
renting, buying, owning, free
Laugher, smile, sadness, frown
dancing, sinking, sitting, reaching
hoping, knowing, learning, teaching
.
All constructing, rising high
concrete, steel, stone and clay
from the foundation up we lay
Actor, outcast, dreamer, shy
writer, reader, seeker, giver
into the breech and up the river
.
Happy few and heartache all
desire, purpose, love and meaning
joyful souls, this world, keening
Begging, thanking, soaring, fall
up and down emotions, wreathing
being, sleeping, dying, breathing
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