I Want to Write



I want to write

I want to write

I don’t know what poetry is

I heard a recording of something I’d written today and I didn’t like it

I’m starting to think that to think about writing is to fail at writing

I thought about that line a lot
My brain devours itself in this process constantly editing

I don’t think I can do this, but I want to, which makes me think I can do this

That was too wordy

I don’t think I can do this

About this poem

I do really want to write though

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Written on January 28, 2024

Submitted by solomondpehrson on January 29, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A A x x b xb c x c
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 440
Words 96
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1

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