fragmented no. 25
morning , frozen , like c-minor
, long and short streets , café
windows , mugs of coffee \ threads
of steam , like elegant fingers : dawn
… breaking through cypress .
there’s a time when seabirds move
at certain hours above the odor
of low tide \ close to shore \ before
the sun’s prowling
… the swift snowy plovers .
a woman in yellow and brown
like an autumn leaf \
a small , barefoot girl , shivering
\ sunlight’s weightless beams
… a lighthouse extends its eye .
at a gallop , waves drive the surf
kicking mist in the air \ pointed rocks
, like horns charging \ an old man
with his head bent down , motionless
… a moment’s freezing wind .
floating pelicans \ a ceiling of feathered
grey . tiny shells , like lost finger nails
\ looking at them I see your hands
, as if crawling away
… this memory’s ailing heart .
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first published in: Impspired Journal (UK)
from my 10th poetry book: Broken , poems
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Submitted by DAH on April 21, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABXX C BAXD X XBDX X BXXC X XXXX X D X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 988 |
Words | 158 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1 |
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