There are worse problems
Ted J Mallory 1970 (Phoenix, AZ)
I have a brand new pen
& a crisp, blank sheet of paper
but no picture comes to my imagination
My fingers are poised
over the keyboard
but I have no story to tell
Ah, but the sweet West breeze
whispers through the leaves of the trees
and gives me a tease gently on this porch
Across town, the clarion rings
an old hymn from the bell tower
it sings in my mind like a choir
So I let them both bathe me
and settle for living in a poem
instead of writing one
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Submitted by ted_m on April 14, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAB XXX CCX XAA XXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 443 |
Words | 94 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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