Laughter
Tinkling across the room,
When new faces appear,
Rousing emotions stir inside,
Convulsive sounds are near.
More new faces appear,
Rousing emotions loom
Crinkles appear at corners of eyes,
Tinkling across the room.
Expressions do not clarify
What pleasures here exist,
Yet back and forth the pendulum swings
Participants do not desist!
Spring into action, take a stand,
Be readily conversant!
Then plunge in to create anew
A steady round of merriment!
c. Poetic Universalisms by Lena Smith Carter, 2006.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | Abcb baxA xdxd xxxc x |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 486 |
Words | 80 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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