Slacks
Roberto Suarez Torres 1983 (New York)
They bloom like soft drops,
fat green leaves easy to take,
the part of a chop
of a meadows crop,
by the crystal lonely lake.
The silent tempest
in a teacup, it will graze
a lazy necklace,
as are the lettuce
and large tomatoes ablaze.
They hunger like flames,
and go through the mill sleeping,
trying, they exclaim,
yet nothing to claim
in autumn; vessels bleeding.
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Submitted by robertrad2021 on April 04, 2021
Modified by robertrad2021 on April 25, 2021
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| Scheme | XABBA XCDDC XEFFE |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 351 |
| Words | 66 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
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