A Man in Waiting
All that is left to you
is empty fantasy
while I grow fat with seed
you lovingly planted in me.
It was you who sowed,
tilled, fertilized and plowed.
Earth Mother keeps you in taut suspense,
As you await without tactile sense.
My womb soil turns,
areates and rakes
waiting for the day
my water breaks.
Font size:
Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 16 sec read
- 4 Views
Quick analysis:
| Scheme | XAXA BBCC XDXD |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 289 |
| Words | 56 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
0 fans
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"A Man in Waiting" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 25 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/64518/a-man-in-waiting>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss the poem A Man in Waiting with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In