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# Iambic
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/iambic/
- Published: 2022-05-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: words take their places, ready for the dance the trick is not to step on your own foot like ballerinas practicing their stance be gentle, that's a pointe shoe, not a boot de-stress the stress, don't lead with it, clap...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Sonnet, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

words take their places, ready for the dance  
the trick is not to step on your own foot  
like ballerinas practicing their stance  
be gentle, that's a pointe shoe, not a boot  
de-stress the stress, don't lead with it, clap Clap  
the pattern holds -- don't make your readers frown  
each other sound, a steady double tap  
a horse's rider starts by sitting down  
two fencers, one must parry, one attacks  
cliché touché will give it the right touch  
and poets, some are better, some are hacks  
don't squeeze words in, you're wanting it too much  
that's all there's too it, no need to digress  
not Shakespeare, but a sonnet nonetheless