A Shaftsbury Night
Just south of the chicken coop,
Along the rusted wire lines
That have coagulated into maple trunks,
A black sky lets Venus outshine a million stars,
And the wind rubs my head
in the grotto beneath my hooded sweatshirt.
The kitchen lights yellow the snow
Down the hills toward the house,
And I can see my son Richard at
The computer through the window--
An image framed on a TV in a dark room.
I will, without fanfare,
Watch the night sky change direction
Over the pine tops beyond the knoll.
I will stand here and
Follow my hot breath
Wisp clouds to the stars.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXAXX BXXBX XXX XXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 544 |
Words | 105 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 3, 3 |
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