Midnight Cafe
Greg Lanier 1962 (Atlanta, GA)
In the silence of my dreaming
visions clouding -
bells a ringing
Sipping nectar from the altar
William Carlos
Uncle Walter
Robert Frost directs the traffic
Wallace Stevens?
chiropractic
Emily’s riding in her carriage
secret passions -
never marriage
As the evening hour approaches
bells transcend
to dulcimers
Then the comfort of the Blues
in the strains
of Langston Hughes
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Submitted by GregLanier on May 10, 2021
Modified on March 28, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 413 |
Words | 60 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
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