Silent Footfalls
Jamie Cutler, PhD 1950 (Philadelphia)
A single Seagull
Flying across the sky
Curt words
Between you and I.
Along jogger
Breaths in the
Salty sea air
As the boards
Boardwalk creak
Under jog weight
My silent footprints
In the sand.
Two lovers sit
A couple Huddles tight
Liplocked on a bench
As a homeless man
Finds shelter Under the
boardwalk steps.
I hear the lapping
Of the winter waves
Careless rhetoric
Wish the waves
Could wash away
The imprints
Of silent
Footprints
On my heart
Poetry Passions
Jamie Cutler PhD
Watermark Press
Noble House
About this poem
The poem is about a couple who have just had a fight. Biting words said I walk may clear the air!
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Written on January 18, 2005
Submitted by jamiecut on March 09, 2023
Modified on April 04, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XBXXXCDX XXXXBXXEXEX DXDX XCXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 522 |
Words | 107 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 8, 11, 4, 4 |
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