How It Works



I started this
with my head
in my hands,
ran my palms
down my face,
brought them
together in front
of me as if in prayer.

My mind was
putting on a
show,
bursts of
imagery flashed
like fireworks.

Words floated
like falling
feathers,
ideas danced
like fireflies
in the night.

For some reason
my senses
brought about
the scent
of the sea.

I closed my
eyes and seen
the palm trees
sway like
hula girls in
the wind.

A smile appeared
and I
held on to
it for as long
as I could.

Eyes clenched
tightly shut,
mind at work.

It called
to me and I
ran to it
with my heart
wide open.

And when
it was all over
I sat down
and created
this..

About this poem

The process for me can not be forced it comes when it wants to and goes away whenever it pleases.

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Submitted by h69423 on August 15, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXXXXXX XXXXXX BXXXXX CXXXX DXXXXX XDXXX XXX XDXXC XXXBA
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 577
Words 127
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 8, 6, 6, 5, 6, 5, 3, 5, 5

Anthony B Perales

Wrote my first poem in 2007 when I was 33 years old .I write only about the things I know, the things I've seen more…

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