Letter Home...



My mind is on fire,
Eager to learn.
Yet the fire of desire,
Does also burn,

 Burn from the fuel,
Of passion relived,
 And loneliness' tool,
 That makes one forgive,

Forgive of the. pain,
I alone inflict,
When value doth wane,
Of a vanity pricked,

 Pricked ego-loon,
 Hot air a-spewing,
 And deflated too soon,
 Leaves empty ensuing,

 Ensuing yet again,
 A love of the better,
 Of which you11 read when,
You get my next letter

About this poem

A tributary ode to the wild and wacky Susan Jones in the form of a letter to my folks...

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Submitted by tomtowle on July 26, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB XXXX CDCD EFEF GAGA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 406
Words 75
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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