Words, Words, Words



Like an albatross,
the word hangs around
my neck seeking
symbolic self-expression
sometimes pensive,
more often blithe texts,
constantly pursuing an
audience willing to
listen to new stories
rather than an ancient
mariner’s repeated tale.

I mine for words that
bring blush to bloodless
cheeks, smiles to weathered
faces, adventure to inert bodies,
romance into empty lives;
words remove shackles
transporting readers through
timeless bonds of oblivion to
islands in the sky where worlds
wait on imagination to evolve,
emancipating action from thoughts.
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Submitted on March 08, 2020

Modified on April 17, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXXXXXABXX XXXBXXAAXXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 535
Words 83
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 11, 11

Sterling Warner

A Pushcart Prize Nominee, Sterling Warner’s poems and short fiction have appeared in dozens of international literary magazines, journals, and anthologies such as FLATBUSH REVIEW, SCARLET LEAF REVIEW, and STREET LIT: REPRESENTING THE URBAN LANDSCAPE. Additionally, Warner also has written SIX (6) collections of poetry: WITHOUT WHEELS, SHADOWCAT, EDGES, MEMENTO MORI: A CHAPBOOK REDUX, RAGS & FEATHERS and SERPENT'S TOOTH: POEMS (2021). In August of 2020, he published MASQUES: FLASH FICTION & SHORT STORIES. more…

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