The Reader

Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)



Humanity stands at a precipice of expectation.
Pre-daydream and pre-reflection.
A time when good things start to happen as they begin their inspection.
Inquisitions made they have their inner conclusions to face.
Then the solution post haste.
Every now and then though...
Something of an enigma is paste on their now affirmation.
That thing that says maybe write that title down for later disection.
As if it was trying to tell more than one tale.
An abomination?
No!
What if you played/read your own work on repeat?
It's sometimes that situation!
Some poems however are read only once at most by the writer, not intended as an initiation to the heart.
Captivation.
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Written on October 07, 2022

Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on October 06, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AAABCDAAEADFAGA
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 668
Words 126
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15

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