the lake was so smooth
The lake was so smooth
Suspiciously so,
Disrupted by raindrops
Suspiciously slow
And so, our novice crew; mostly spring recruits
Went out on the lake, rowing with trust
Not noticing the billions
No, trillions of ripples as a storm was about to erupt
And just like that, came a torrential downpour
The rain lashed the boat's hull, the winds whipped our backs
the waves rose above the saxboard
And filled the eight-seater with water: tinted black
The water almost froze on our soaked bodies
And the coxswain shivered like in tom and jerry
We rushed across the jagged waters
With our oars failing to bury
We docked the boat in a chaotic hurry
And ran back to the boat bay
Then huddled around the heater like oysters on a rock
As the (somehow dry) girls team put our boats away
I walked home
Alone
In a stolen team tee
And then sat by the oven, chilled to the bone
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Written on April 26, 2022
Submitted by 1htroehl on April 26, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 927 |
Words | 214 |
Stanzas | 21 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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