Analysis of The deviating Spiral of my Divine spirit

Jeffrey Powell 1979 (Pittsburgh, PA)



I am a majestic, maladjusted maladroit
with the recalcitrant, reprobate mind of a rebel.
I happen to be an ethically nihilistic nirvana seeker
who never found a niche.
Solitary and not terribly social,
I solicitously search for solace.
I have a noxious nostalgia for nonsensical notions.
My maniacal manner is mainly due
to my meandering, mendacious mentality;
a mere mediating medication for
my apparent, apathetic apparatus.
Oblivious to the obvious,
my obtuseness is obtrusive.
I wrestle with unpredictable myriads
of unprincipled periods.
My perceived purposeless passions are
purely imprudent pursuits.
And I struggle with a sinister surge
usually presenting as a pestilent purge
of deprecative musings of my choosing.
This chronic condition of
constant convolution confines me
from conceding to conformity and
despite my self-deception and deleterious dejection
I will go on with indefinite defiance;
indecisive in determining a definitive destinction.
I shall remain my own mystery;
a mystifying mystique,
an unorthodox paradox,
an ingenius enigma,
fundamentally fumbling,
occupied by oscillation,
my consciousness a conundrum.
I am ever evolving
esoteric essence which
eventually will evanesce.


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Poetic Form
Metre 11001001001 10010010011010 1101111000101010 110101 1000110010 111110 110100101010010 10100101101 1101000100100 011000101 1010010010 010010100 111010 110101001 10100100 101100101 1001001 0110101001 10000101011 11101110 1100101 1010011 1010101000 0111010001001 111110100010 01000100001001 110111100 010001 101010 11010 0100100 101010 11000010 1110010 010101 0100011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,202
Words 196
Sentences 12
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 36
Lines Amount 36
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 1,001
Words per stanza (avg) 175

About this poem

As an introvert and person who has trouble talking about or sharing things about myself with others this poem came about quite naturally as the pen and paper, I find, are easier to talk to sometimes. Though some of this is a bit exaggerated it is still a self-reflection of how l see myself.

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Written on February 23, 2012

Submitted by JokerGem on August 19, 2022

Modified by JokerGem on September 02, 2022

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Jeffrey Powell

A bit of an introvert, Jeffrey enjoys arranging words and dabbling in poetic forms as an outlet for expressing his thoughts, feelings, and observations. He tends to play by his own rules and darts in and out of the civilized world, as avoiding the conventional gathering is more his style. Jeffrey lives with his fraternal twin whom he enjoys sharing a laugh with at the opportune time. more…

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