Secluded Island
You yawn, you stretch and then you wake
To avian melodies fragmented,
Glints of sunshine, ferns sway gently,
O’er fruits effervescently fermented.
The fog rolls in; the waters splash
To repetitive head high gushes,
You seek a ridge without a cover,
Hmmm! Emotional rushes!!
Garlands, buds, and yellow blades
Reveal a knack for finding
Beauty clothed in vegetation,
Fragrance of frangipani binding!
Petals floating on the breeze,
Wafting gingerly o’er limbs,
Wispy clouds, sun-warmed rocks,
Waning sunlight, dim!
c. Poetic Universalisms I by Lena Smith Carter, 2006.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 553 |
Words | 87 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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