using other forms besides iambic pentameter.

[billy]

According to wikipedia there are four types of disyllables the iamb, the trochaic foot, the pyrrhus, and the spondee. There are also various "trisyllables" listed. I'd like to see what people think in regards to poetic theory, and I'd like people to start considering what they are doing when they write so they are not just taking stabs in the dark. I am fairly new to poetry myself and I would like to see some of the newer users educate themselves so we can all start writing real poetry and learn to appreciate this art that is often misunderstood. What forms work and why?

i'm still trying to learn what a fuckin iamb is
if i'm trying to write poetry in a form i try and follow the rules of the form, now and again i'll step a little bit outside the rules but in general, if it iambic whatever, then that's where i try to go.

all forms when well written and all free verse when well written work well. it's usually badly written poetry that begins not to work.

i'm try to find some public domain educational poetry books to put up but it ain't easy.