Once
I
Once, I knew a soul
clothed with the body of a woman,
infinite in moods as the sea.
It was the spirit in that soul,
arranging itself like cold
Atlantic mist
from colliding atmospheres and moving
with ethereal sadness,
that finally depicted me.
II
Once, I felt: such intimacy
exposed the seething
addiction to being
that once disturbed
by its own willingness,
flexed briefly,
like a pool-reflected image
that’s just been
stepped into.
About this poem
Written several lifetimes ago when I was a teenager. I think it was after a failed relationship but that's being speculative. I can however confidently say - it was at a time when both adolescent hormones and emotions were coursing unchecked through a pre-adult body and mind which is surprising given the calm and even tenor of the voice.
Written on 1970
Submitted by scott.alan116 on May 12, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABXC BXX DEC ACDD XEC XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 762 |
Words | 93 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3 |
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