The Poet Without Teeth



Don't talk to me
you toothless poet
Who preaches me
what you all know at

When life smiles back
and tells you so
That I'm as bad
as all you show

And I am learning
from expense
Of what you've paid
in greater sense

When never having brushed your teeth
and having nerve to smile at me
When all I learn is in between
what teeth are left for flossing free

About this poem

I lost a tooth and thought of this

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Written on March 26, 2022

Submitted by Poetbird on March 26, 2022

Modified by Poetbird on March 26, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXAX XBXB XCXC XAXA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 352
Words 74
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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