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Poetry

Sharon Stubblefield 1966 (Bronx, NY)

What is poetry
Living, thriving, breathing, dying
Flowing like a summer breeze
Raging like a mighty river

What is Poetry
Dreaming, gazing, pulsing, relaxing
Looking at the sun as it sets over a field
Counting the stars in a cloudless sky

What is poetry
A lover's kiss, a kitten purrs, a baby's giggles
All of these makes up poems that comes from the heart
Poetry lives in all of us either light or dark

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This poem asks us to really look and answer what is poetry?

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Written on August 15, 2023

Submitted by sharons.14357 on August 15, 2023

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Scheme Abxx Abxx Axxx
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 404
Words 76
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
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Sharon Stubblefield

I started writing poetry in 1975 as a way to put my thoughts into words. My parents encouraged all of us to find our own unique path in expressing ourselves; mine was writing. All of my writings are from the heart, some may be dark, some may be light-hearted but all are truly me. more…

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