Haiku (51-55)
51
don't muzzle the ox
while he's twaddling the grain,
the misheard maxim
52
wet hair from the pool
in the black truck's cold AC,
Priest = Aura
53
play it down a step
the frontman's hair is thinning,
winter farewell tour
54
not the way it thinks
each beast of burden's burden ends,
Fluffy the collie
55
cooking at the stove,
a coin beneath the island,
pink, her floured knees
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Written on 2023
Submitted by James_Kirkpatrick on December 16, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXXX AXBX AXXX AXXB AXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 428 |
Words | 129 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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