Hemingway. Terse.
They called him terse
With his words.
Knowing not to go on
After finished.
Economical, acrobatic
Using atmosphere, heroes.
Not needing elaboration.
Red Cross Corps in War.
Bohemian Paris.
(Gertrude Stein, Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Service)
Africa for big game prizes.
Bullfight butchery, Bravo.
Stamina in the long catch
Of Gulf Stream marlin.
Spanish Civil War and
A love desperately needed
Explored.
Yes Ernest was terse
Not going on after
He was finished.
A suicide at age 62.
Was he really through?
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Written on February 27, 2023
Submitted by dougb.21370 on February 27, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 522 |
Words | 114 |
Stanzas | 18 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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