Two Red Lines
judith Admas 1948 (Newmarket)
December 22Two red lines.
Oh no,
the arrogance of it
I could be sent to the Gulag.
Or mini version of branding, of a sort.
Confined thus
I see my mind for what it is,
a blender without a top
and for what it does
wasting time
using up sacred winds,
turning against itself.
Up this close it is obvious
it can waste a cherished life.
About this poem
I wrote this poem after testing positive for Covid.
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Written on December 12, 2023
Submitted by judithalison.adams on December 27, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 329 |
Words | 75 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 13 |
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