Eagle's Cry
Michael Martin 1978 (Riverside)
Eagle’s Cry
I stretch my wings,
testing my artistic freedom,
leaping into the fickle winds.
With eagled perception
I locate herds of ideas and visions
that scurry on the mental planes.
Descending in rapid fashion
I grasp a thought as it flees
and squeeze the artistic juice free.
My beak clamps down
on its meaty hide, ripping,
seizing its essence from bones.
Ahh, but I am not fulfilled,
never fully satisfied,
I always hunger, craving more.
I dive again and again,
searching for that choice piece
that will give me immortality.
About this poem
Surreal poem about gaining creative notoriety.
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Written on August 24, 1999
Submitted by griffrider on July 23, 2021
Modified on April 15, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXX AXX AXB XXX XXX XXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 515 |
Words | 91 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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