is that in any way on god's earth an iambic line?

[milo]

i know what you mean. sometimes i find it hard to keep up with some of the shared poetry threads. i still tend to put the buggers up though cos i can be pretty shameless at times
have you tried the limerick thread yet, it one of the easier ones and let's be honest, no one gives a toss if we get one or two of them wrong the sonnet and the villanelle thread is a bit harder to join in with. i can knock a really bad sonnet out in 30mins but anything half near half decent would take me a few hours, i know this because i spent two hours in broken time doing one (though i can vouch for it's quality ) i think as long as we enjoy the poetry and try to improve we're on the right track

It takes me quite awhile to write in iambic pentameter and then it takes me longer if I have to rhyme. It seems those skills can be developed, but people who have experienced interesting things in their life have something worthwhile to write about. Personally, my life is boring.

nothing interesting has to happen in /your/ life as a poem doesn't have to be about you. Invent a narrator, give him/her an interesting life and have them write the poem for you as you sit with your feet up drinking a cold beer.