the bird flew in china

Matt Ramsey 1971 (Baltimore, MD)



&,   on   seed,    it   dined   &,
then,   that     day,    it   pined
a-  way  w/   in   the   bay   of
ben  -gal,   w/   gall,  &  seem
-ed   to  splay   its   wings   &
sing    a    song    of    swans
would    swim,    w/   vim,    &
ring  a   neck   of   woods   in
hoods,  on   sides   of  roads,
w/  odes  in    bogs,  beneath
the logs, the  stools of toads,
aside  the   roads  do   seem
to   be  quite   free  of   frogs

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It is a free verse sonnet and commentary on today's pandemic world existence.

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Written on August 15, 2020

Submitted on July 10, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCDEFGHIHCJ
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 448
Words 73
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13

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I was born in 1971, on July 4; my cousin was born on July 4, 1977. Our other cousin was born on July 4, 1953. I'm the only poet, though. more…

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