Analysis of Six-Point Visitation



In no hurry
a cloven step with purpose,
then another, delicately
and with precision
through quiet dignity and noble grace
to stop time in its tracks,
prompted me to put down my work.

Through no fear or hesitation,
a heightened presence captured
a visceral moment
glistening in timelessness.
Ears, antennas tuned for messages from beyond
rotated, twitched and filtered with rapt attention.
A curious peer through the
naked branches of the Apple tree
evoked wonder and reverence
for the fleeting of time.
The memories of a golden friendship
re-run across a thirty-minute film
the heart will fondly savor
until we meet again.


Scheme ABACXXX CXXBXCXAXXXXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 0110 011110 10101000 01010 1101000101 111011 10111111 1111010 0101010 010010 10001 101011100101 10101011010 0100110 101010101 01100100 101011 0100101010 1101010101 0111010 011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 625
Words 111
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 14
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 254
Words per stanza (avg) 51

About this poem

This poem was inspired by the spontaneous 30 minute visitation of a six-point stag after the passing of my friend Sher Wesch on February 13, 2024. In the twelve years I have lived in this neighborhood, I have never seen a deer.

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Written on February 25, 2024

Submitted by spiritu700 on February 25, 2024

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Robbin T. Hartridge

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