Friends after a hiatus.
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
Harry, come on over
Sit down with your tea.
You’n me, how long’s it been
And winter gets us down.
Remember the months
You and I and Sam
Found the time to
Meet Sundays early for a gab.
Topics all over the place.
Face to face.
Mano a mano.
Transparent, yielding
Betimes?
(Harry hasn’t spoken yet.)
Left arm, hand, not
Holding the tea
Devastated by a stroke.
Had not dared to connect.
To draw from men’s Well.
Pity.
Other men, adrift the same.
About this poem
Us guys don’t speak up, relate, nearly enough. Sad handicap of culture.
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Written on January 24, 2023
Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 24, 2023
Modified by dougb.72572 on January 24, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIIJKELMBNOPBQ |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 448 |
Words | 95 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 21 |
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