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What’s In A Poem

Sarah Brower 1995 (New Jersey)

What’s in a poem?
bread, water, air

Every blink
click of the pen
every step
ballpoint hits paper
lips depart
creating noire stories

Inhaling passion,
exhaling heartbeats
voices and breaths
melting between pages

Feelings of mute ones
by choice or circumstance
finally heard
finally understood

What’s in a poem?
only our livelihoods
both known and secret
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Submitted by sarahella19 on January 09, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Ax xxxxxx xxxx xxxx Axx
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 365
Words 67
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 6, 4, 4, 3
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Sarah Brower

I love to express myself through poetry. I can’t force inspiration so I only write when I feel moved. Authenticity is important to me!! If I can make anyone feel heard and understood, Then my goal is accomplished. more…

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  • alanswansea18
    alanswansea18
    Beautiful. Just today I was thinking of riding a poem about a poem that's weird.
    LikeReply 13 months ago
    • sarahella19
      sarahella19
      Go for it!
      LikeReply3 months ago
    • alanswansea18
      alanswansea18
      I had it on the tip of my tongue and I lost it.
      LikeReply3 months ago

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