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Meter for everyone! workshop

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A working man

Submitted by Kailashana2 on Mon, 2011-09-12 08:26

Your beard, rough, against my face
lover's sweat beading upon our bed,
lingering impressions, wheels in motion
calloused hands wrapped around my poem.

Workshop: 
Meter for everyone!

Straight to the Heart

Submitted by themoonman on Sun, 2011-09-11 05:58

That is the way, at least, that's what they say.
You know, those folks, with wisdom words so wrong,
while fucking up the words to every song,
because they just can't leave well enough alone.

trochaic attempt;

That’s the way, at least, that is what is said.
Knowing folks, with wisdom words so wrong,
fucking up the lines in every single song,
all because they can’t leave any thing untouched.

Workshop: 
Meter for everyone!

hangover

Submitted by Tam the Chanter on Fri, 2011-09-09 06:46

My breakfast coffee tastes like drying mud.
I sip and choke and cough, my eyes all tears.
Last night was fun, I wish I could recall
Just what the hell I drank; sure wasn't beers!

Workshop: 
Meter for everyone!

The Hollow Men Part 1 for parsing in meter workshop

Submitted by weirdelf on Thu, 2011-09-08 22:35

by TS Eliot.

I

We are the hollow men
We are the stuffed men
Leaning together
Headpiece filled with straw. Alas!
Our dried voices, when
We whisper together
Are quiet and meaningless
As wind in dry grass
Or rats’ feet over broken glass
In our dry cellar

Shape without form, shade without colour,
Paralysed force, gesture without motion;

Workshop: 
Meter for everyone!

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