Fifty Poem
My ordered states are falling from me
scattered out into a slow drift from what might have been
and what once reflected back
I am more empty spaces and unfinished things
between the minutes
and days that give in far too soon to shadow
I linger between irony and detachment
paddling in the dark, convoluted air of a long pause
catching only my breath
And somehow
I’ve become more scent than succulence
Or is it more gesture than squawk?
Sitting on my bed
alone
far too gone to begin a prayer
and much too long out of love for poetry.
About this poem
Aging, mortality, humility and entropic principles.
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Written on May 17, 1971
Submitted by compass13masc on July 06, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXX BXX XXX XBX XXXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 540 |
Words | 107 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 4 |
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