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Featured

Mary Flanagan 1969 (Long Island NY)

Free verse
Featured.  Spotlight on.
Enfolding for a moment
The breath of life.
The motion quickening,
Pulse racing, smash-hit
Wonder, soaking up
The glory and then
Dim the lights.
Sweep the floor.
Lock the door behind you.

About this poem

This is the first poem I've written about the experience of being a performer

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Written on April 20, 2015

Submitted on September 14, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEFGHIJ
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 204
Words 35
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
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Mary Flanagan

Mary Flanagan is a poet, singer and a playwright. Her plays have been seen in many NYC theatres and her poems have been featured online and in anthology books. She lives in NY. more…

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