mass of self



each hair dances
upon my arms
wind gently loves my body—
my skin

when wading
while waiting
water waves wildly

it crashes
my island—
flooded

my miniature mass of self
of flesh—
trembling

my earth quakes
along no fault line
the fault is my own—
my glory
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Written on January 20, 2002

Submitted by RWHoyt on April 25, 2023

Modified on April 27, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAX BBA XXX XXB XXXA
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 274
Words 62
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 3, 3, 4

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