Swinging
Swinging
Back and forward
Up and down.
Sometimes side to side.
The wind sweeping my hair aside.
I let my mind wander across the countryside.
Swinging gives me joy,
Something I can’t explain.
On the way up I touch the moon
And see where the blue jays fly.
I love to see the sunset linger across the night sky.
Some things like these never last,
You’ll have to go back down.
But on the way back up again
I find my long lost smile.
About this poem
I had read the poem, "The Swing", by Robert Louis Stevenson which reminded me of my love of swinging.
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Written on August 29, 2022
Submitted by bella1000 on September 02, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 435 |
Words | 97 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 4 |
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