My Chainsaw Fins
Katherine Jane Rawlings 1965 (London)
Stateside
Clapboard Junction
Small town avenue
Behind peasoup willow
Way off from Mama's view
In the reeds on lake trim
We snagged lips on plain tip cigarettes
Drawing hard the heat
Got drunk on Pop's home brew.
No moon over cane struts
When I slow baked the bean
And you did an eel run
Oceanward Unspecified.
The sun a thirsty fry on
A crow spit turn flaps beneath
Sky is cirrus optimum
And I'm true to elver.
Trailing leftwards
I see Feel you
Chainsaw Fins.
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About this poem
About a girl who is abandoned
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Written on February 02, 2022
Submitted by rawlings375 on February 02, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCXCXDXC XXBA XXXX DCX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 564 |
Words | 94 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 4, 4, 3 |
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