Analysis of Hey, Those Are MY Words!

Jeffrey Powell 1979 (Pittsburgh, PA)



I do not like when I happen to see
the same words appearing and
evidenced in my contemporaries'
works of intelligence –seemingly
symmetrical to mine.
There is this sense
of 'pirating of meanings' or, that
that which I opine
will get watered down- flat
in its leanings,
if it's not genuine.

At the least, I'm left conflicted.
Obviously I have no claim on
a shared linguist's lexicon
and I realize that what's depicted
is simply overlapping synchronicity
-not an infringement on my authenticity.
So it should be seen as something keen.
But it does so irk me (this peculiar bent)
when I find someone has tactfully
used a specific term exactly,
or just about how I had meant.

Perhaps it's a lack of conviction
as it bears on language acquisition.
I'm at a loss to find my compass
–when I've perceived a thought transposed
with rapier wit; a mind eviction!
Coincidence? –who knows?
In reality we are just brewing ideas congruently
and while I may struggle to fluently reconcile
what's been put to page,
there are no restrictions so -
our dictions should engage in freestyle.


Scheme AXXABXCBCXD XEEXAAXFAAF DDXXDXGGXXG
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111011 0110100 100010100 110100100 010011 1111 110011011 11101 111011 0110 111100 10111010 100011111 01110 011011010 11010000100 11010110100 111111101 11111110101 11111100 100101010 11011111 011011010 111110010 110111110 11010101 1100101010 010011 010111100101 011110110010 11111 1110101 10110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,077
Words 200
Sentences 11
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 11, 11, 11
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 283
Words per stanza (avg) 62

About this poem

I wonder if l'm the only one who experiences this....

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Written on February 03, 2023

Submitted by JokerGem on March 06, 2023

Modified by JokerGem on April 09, 2023

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Jeffrey Powell

A bit of an introvert, Jeffrey enjoys arranging words and dabbling in poetic forms as an outlet for expressing his thoughts, feelings, and observations. He tends to play by his own rules and darts in and out of the civilized world, as avoiding the conventional gathering is more his style. Jeffrey lives with his fraternal twin whom he enjoys sharing a laugh with at the opportune time. more…

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