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WHATEVER

JESUS BETANCOURT 1955 (New York)

Rhymed
I never peel an onion
Induces a state of lachrymose
Aware the sulfuric acid explosion
Releases tears not from my prose

Never spray a perfume
To falsely taint the air
But let my poetry fill a room
With words beyond compare

Select what fruit to swallow
To savor each word of my poetry
Hoping all my poems that follow
Fall from my creative tree

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Observation of poetry

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Written on January 05, 2023

Submitted by jb809499 on January 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 343
Words 66
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
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3 Comments
  • luisestable1
    luisestable1
    This is a poet's poem. I like what it says and how it says it.
    It gave me fun reading
    LikeReply14 days ago
  • Kaytee
    Kaytee
    I love the whimsy of a poem about poetry. Great job!
    LikeReply14 days ago
  • Teril
    Teril
    I like the form of this poem and its sentiment. I wish you a harvest of ripening, rhyming words.
    LikeReply2 months ago

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