Poetry Was My Mistress (Bussokusekika)

Edwin Tanguma 1966 (CA)



Poetry Was My Mistress   (Bussokusekika)

I remember when
Poetry was my mistress
In all of her forms
To me she was sensual
There was no other like her
She was my Achilles heel

Edwin Tanguma   4/25/2023

About this poem

Maybe someday poetry will be my mistress once again…We will just have to wait and see…Only time will tell…

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Written on April 25, 2023

Submitted by EdwinRayTanguma on April 25, 2023

Modified by EdwinRayTanguma on April 25, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X XXXXXX X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 202
Words 38
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 6, 1

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