Analysis of Conation



Have you tilted the axis
on a new tomorrow
Have you changed with intention
— the direction of time

(The New Room: February, 2024)

Round Peg — Square Holes

The poetry of mathematics
— oxymoronic at best

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)

Robert The Bruce

War is won
before the first battle fought
Willful intention
the enemy caught

Decision a crossbow
empowered by choice
The spirit retracting
— a conquering voice

(Stonehenge: March, 1987)

Captive of emotion
— prisoner of deceit

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)

Attending his own funeral
no tears were exchanged
No grieving or mourning
— but memory remained

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)

People won’t remember you
because of your money
The human spirit bereft
by your dollars in vain
History won’t revere you
because of your tokens
Your legacy built upon
— prescience ordained

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)

Don’t get sucked into choosing
both sides are bad
The Left or the Right
their massages sad

The Right tries to promise
what Leftist’s sublate
Two sides to a trap
— where lies are the bait

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)

“What Simple Folk Do …”

Only inside ordinary things
is the extraordinary released
Baptized new day after day
eternity unleashed

Only by embracing what’s common amongst us
as Arthur knew so well
Can we move on to where it starts
beyond heaven — beyond hell

(Memories Of Camelot: February, 2024)

Making Our Bed

The silence of death
lives in the future
Sleeping with memories
— of yesterday’s past

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)


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Poetic Form
Metre 1110010 10101 1111010 001011 011100 1111 01001010 111 1100 1001 111 0101101 10010 01001 01001 01011 010010 01001 11 101010 100101 1100 01011100 11001 110110 110001 1100 1010101 011110 0101001 111001 1001011 011110 1100101 10001 1100 1110110 1111 01101 10101 011110 1101 11101 11101 1100 11011 10011001 10010001 0111101 010001 101010010011 110111 11111111 0110011 100110100 10101 01011 10010 101100 1101 1100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,617
Words 295
Sentences 1
Stanzas 25
Stanza Lengths 4, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 4, 4, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 8, 1, 4, 4, 1, 1, 4, 4, 1, 1, 4, 1
Lines Amount 61
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 47
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 21, 2024

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