One thoughtful March morning
One Thoughtful March Morning
Along the avenue, awake
To the tall, strong old wood.
Wise in the bright wonder of dawn,
I walked with her.
I miss the pleasures endowed by your smiles,
Faint now in the clay pain of a memory
As another clump of mistletoe
Grows in glory spherical upon a twisted apple bough.
New beauty in ancient form,
Daffodil bright in this tepid haze
Brings me again to Love;
Eternal youth smiling at a tainted, withered man.
My dear poplar companions-
Faithful to my end, hardly changing, locked
To cyclic seasons’ quest,
I bow to your spired, quiet wisdom.
In the grey sag of my painful limp,
Unworthy for her I felt-
And felt the same impulse of youth,
Unchanged by life’s casual decline.
Inside a yearning synchronised
With young joy; immortal smile.
Crimpled skin supports long dying,
Crying into a dreamed of coffin’s womb.
Love, you were always here;
Sometimes hidden, often present,
Never aging but forever young;
Alive in light for all living.
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Submitted by nigel_g on May 31, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A XBXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX BXAX XXXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 947 |
Words | 168 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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