Cat Got Your Tongue

Sarah Brower 1995 (New Jersey)



It’s unfortunate
how a pandemic killed social skills
that ever since
conversation was buried alive

An art forms legacy extinct
next generation will only know
auto correct and keyboards

Face to face a summers breeze
now tuned into an earthquake
for the already timid

For me I wish to contribute
to the resurrection of speech
no,
not the robotic cookie cutter
but to use my voice
at every opportunity
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Scheme XXXX XAX XXX XXAXXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 410
Words 79
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 3, 6

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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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