Rienzi
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
Rienzi
Local senior with flair
Moved from Sri Lanka
His heritage there.
Tales of the Crow
Or Elephant ways.
Mother’s rich kitchen
And what Father says.
Came to our Northland.
The snow and the WASP.
Brought up a family
At no meagre cost.
Thoughts of religion
Or pain, dying too.
Honouring bards who
Had helped him come through.
Silliness told in
Some jungle recalled
Big cats or serpents
And Adam’s sad Fall.
Chatted a few times
With yours truly here.
Showed the cathartic
In poems oh so dear.
About this poem
A much valued Waterloo poet. Rienzi Crusz. One of his books is entitled How to Dance in this Rarefied Air, 2017 copyright. “Arguably the best living Sri Lankan poet in English”.
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Written on January 19, 2023
Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 19, 2023
Modified by dougb.72572 on January 19, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCBDAEAFGHIEJJJKLAMANOP |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 496 |
Words | 98 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
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