A Dry Poem
I am carved, hollow
A withered gourd
My core removed
Plainly visible, scored:
All seeds and soft strings
The wind slips
Inside my cavity
Stirring seeds skipped
By the carver's spoon
Which click and clatter
Across my ribcage like dry leaves
Scattering in a dust storm
My skin is onion thin
I'm a midnight echo-drum
These sere seeds spin on my
Xylophone bones and they moan:
Can you hear us? Can you hear?
This prayer for rain?
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXAX XXXXXXX XXXXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 408 |
Words | 77 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 7, 6 |
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