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EPIGRAM 1

James Meyer 1959 (Seattle)

Epigram
An opium pipe smokes on a pillow..
..Sprinkled with cherry blossoms..

~..That which escapes Scotland Yard escapes the world..~

Shadowy fumes reveal mysteries of an unseen hand..
..Feverishly sharpening his collection of surgical knives..

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A short epigramic poem that hints more than it directs..

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Written on February 12, 2023

Submitted by Poetsrock on February 12, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XX X XX
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 239
Words 41
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 1, 2
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James Meyer

Started writing poems at an early age..never found a community and got actively involved until around the year 2000. I have a book in the works compiled of all my travels since joining the military in 1977. more…

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