~ The Poet's Place Cafe~

a-RO/-mas FROM/ the KITCH/-en BRING/ fond MEM/-o-RIES
of OLD/-en DAYS/, when LILT/Ping LAUGH/-ter OFT/-en RANG
through-OUT/ this HOUSE in MERR/i-MENT as CHILD/-ren PLAYED/.
too SOON/, the SURG/-ing TIDES/ of TIME/ would SWEEP/ us ALL
a-WAY/ to MEET our DES/-tin-IES/ pre-SCRIBED/ by FATE/.

Do not despair. Even iambic meter takes a lot of practice to master, and you have chosen one of the most difficult in Cretic meter to maintain over such a long stretch. Since scanning is a little easier than writing, I taught workshops in writing iambic meter for two years before I actually sat down and wrote a poem in meter myself.

Let the creativity flow from your soul!
Dave
"The Poet's Place "