First Cut The Deepest
I used the language to my own end,
never respecting rules or laws
I wrote what seemed the shortest path,
between feelings and my thoughts
I thumbed my nose at sage advice,
knowing what I wrote was true
The first cut then—the first cut now,
the deepest through and through
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2017)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on August 24, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 312 |
Words | 54 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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