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Not like them.

Janisa Cisneros 1993 (orange)

Free verse
I do not want to meet
where the pastors preach

I want to retreat
where the pasture’s green

Where the masters teach
teach me to grasp what my hands can’t reach.

plaster the foundation
that I lack so deep
 
I do not mean
to casually create
more casualties
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Written on August 24, 1993

Submitted by 93til_divinity on June 11, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AB AC BB XX CXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 266
Words 59
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 3
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Janisa Cisneros

Im 28, born & raised in Orange county but my heart does not beat for the city life. Im not interested in being interesting, but fortunately for you … I am. I am a poet with self doubt & here I am working on that increment of myself. This is allowing me to be vulnerable. After-all, Feelings & writing are meant to be shared, just don’t get greedy. more…

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