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Question: My poem was supposed to be home by now!. Have you seen it!?
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American Idolatry in Iambic Tetrameter
by TD Euwaite
High Priests and Priestess keep the scrolls and pass
the knowledge on to ones worthy of truth,
A golden box embossed with ox and ***
protects our rituals from the uncouth!.
The pledges all proclaim the path of peace
by oath and honor bond to guard the light,
and eagerly await their time to see
secrets known to spirits in the night!.
It’s lifted up by slaves and marched on high!.
Paraded down along the peasant homes!.
Regaled as our best and precious prize,
A golden calf upon a golden throne!.
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That's a deep one!. Maybe I'm just stoned but I had to read this a whole bunch of times before I got some of the flavor of it!. I wish I knew what Iambic Tetrameter was!. And then again no, because I wouldn't want to gauge this against a set of rules!. I would be very surprised if this one just rolled off your fingers!. Sad, that "***" had to be assterisked, in wanton disregard of the poor ox that ain't getting any!. I guess he'll have to make do with the jawbone of an assterisk!. Sorry, I digress!. Good poem!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
I don't care that you've changed calfs in mid-desert!. It was a pleasure and a relief to read one of your poems in any classic form at all!. Beautiful imagery, but I especially liked the irony expressed; you're a master at irony!. These elections are ironic indeed and I've vowed not to write a poem about them!. You have done it for me!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Yes, you did change what you were looking for mid stream -- and the poem suffers for it!. "A golden calf upon a golden throne" is so cliche -- your own work is must better!. If you have decided to write about idolatry, then you need to segue into it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Actually it varies in length from trimeter to pentameter!. It matters not a bit to me, iamb sure!. It's a great poem, and Iove how you rhymed "pass" with all those assterisks!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Not quite familiar with Iambic Tetrameter!.!.!.yet!.!.!.but I liked it, it kept my attentionWww@QuestionHome@Com
It just got there, pleasing to the ears!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
You may have changed horses, but not the one Moses rode in on!.!.!.!.now, go to your room and come out in 2 hours!.!.!.alone!Www@QuestionHome@Com
it's good,!.!.i like the flow!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com