EVIL HARRIDAN
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
Evil harridan wakes me
At nothing to nil,
Bursts into my bedroom
Threatening to kill;
Wielding a bag of garbage.
"Here take it then!"
She cries tossing the garbage,
All over my bed so
I have to pull the blankets,
Upright over my head.
Evil old harridan
Hammering on the front door,
"Let me out," she cries
"Or I'll call the police,
"And have you carted away!"
THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
About this poem
Written c. 2004 About my mother's descent into madness, almost taking me with her.
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Written on 2004
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 26, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXAB CBXXX CXXXX XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 450 |
Words | 84 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 3 |
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