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unyielding

Ryan Blackborough 1984 (Adelaide)

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What i've woven hardly matters.
With my tapestry in tatters.
Lay in place adorned with shadow.
Await that sunlit meadow.
But the harvest cannot grow,
Without one to make it sow.

About this poem

This was for a contest on poetrysoup.com It had to be 6 lines maximum. I doubt I'll win but, whatever why not. It's about not feeling good enough and wanting things to be better but never really do much to change things (I've got issues).

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Submitted by RyanBlackborough on April 12, 2024

Modified by RyanBlackborough on April 14, 2024

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Scheme AABBBC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 177
Words 36
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
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Ryan Blackborough

For years he lived in a secret government facility. One day they found him and were like "what the fuck are you doing here?", and they shot him. Now he wanders the earth as a ghost, a poet ghost (not a ghost writer, he's way cooler than that). For some reason he can wear hats but if he walks through a wall or something (not like tables or small stuff) the hat falls off. He's lost a lot of nice hats. more…

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  • daddymagic
    daddymagic
    I believe that your tapestry matters and all the work that was put into it and you should probably get out into the sunlight more instead of just waiting for it lol it was pretty though
    LikeReply 125 days ago
  • Abbykesington
    Abbykesington
    " the harvest cannot grow without one to make it sow", are the punch lines for me. I like the rhymes too.
    LikeReply26 days ago
    • RyanBlackborough
      RyanBlackborough
      Thank you. I took a bit of poetic licence on that last line.
      LikeReply25 days ago
    • Abbykesington
      Abbykesington
      poetic licensing allows for creativity... so do please indulge yourself!
      LikeReply25 days ago
    • RyanBlackborough
      RyanBlackborough
      who knows where that could lead.
      LikeReply25 days ago

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