Poetry Contest Entries Lacerate
Doug Blair 1951 (London)
One hundred fifty
Stepping stones to joy
A walk in the woods
A hate to employ.
A faith that takes wings
A sweet Robin sings
A bullfrog barooms
His marsh concert tunes
A baby en ventre sa mere.
So much could be right.
But many just fight,
Despair, fret, punch
The fresh air.
Please poets, hoist up your rare flag.
And if prizes come don’t brag.
Was nothing before
Life showed you bright paths
Some friends, some scenes, some tales
That must last.
And you felt slight gist of the Trek.
Not worry, self-pity
Or Wreck.
About this poem
A negative, godless, answer-less, hopeless mood overshadows much of the poems of today. Pity. Think life and love and lifting.
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Written on February 06, 2023
Submitted by dougb.21370 on February 06, 2023
Modified by dougb.21370 on February 13, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCBDDCEFGGHIJJKLMNOAO |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 516 |
Words | 105 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 22 |
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