Carnival



A silk face drenched in lathered scars
Seeks refuge from a cockle barricade;
Outside of a brute cafe,
Patio tables and chairs are ascended
Into the crisp air.
Magnified umbrellas spin
Arrogant civilians around like a carousel.

Several children of toddler age
Twirl in their seats with crescent smiles,
Melting away crescendo hordes.
In a rascal park,
Old fashioned buggies cover purged sidewalks
And evasive mothers cradle
Sugar plumb limbs.
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 428
Words 70
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 7

Kiki Stamatiou

Kiki Stamatiou hails from Kalamazoo, MI. She is a graduate of Western Michigan University with a BA degree in writing. Her book Dominica's Inferno was published under her pen name Joanna Maharis. It is available online thru www.publishamerica.com and www.barnesandnoble.com more…

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