Sandals
Marcus Holley 1992 (London)
A girl pulled off her sandals and ran down a beach towards the sea.
The soft sand slipped in between her toes.
The golden drops of water
Flew away from her like problems
And those jealous shoes just wished
That she had taken them with her.
Meanwhile, elsewhere,
A pair of boots watched with indignation
As their owner winced about his past.
About this poem
Fly away like problems
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Written on 2019
Submitted by SeesawUpendown on January 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X X A X X A X X |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 351 |
Words | 77 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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