The Writer
William Rogers 1962 (Peoria, Illinois)
He sits there by his window,
looking out across the lands,
Trying to hold back his sorrow,
as he wrings his trembling hands,
Picking up his weathered pen,
slowly he begins to write,
Recalling the places that he's been,
and his wonderful stories of might,
The confines of this blessed chair,
has been his home since youth,
Magically travelling here and there,
fighting for justice and truth,
Now as old age closes in,
the words will no longer come,
So he lays the pen down again,
and the ink begins to run,
He realizes the end is near,
just like a weary prize fighter,
Yet he welcomes it without fear,
such was the life of The Writer.
About this poem
This poem is an attempt to show that no matter what your limitations may be, your capabilities are boundless.
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Written on July 15, 1982
Submitted by williamrogersjr2011 on September 19, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABABCDEDFGFGEHCIJKJK |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 633 |
Words | 136 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
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