Prize averse



Artists cross chanceful desires
From expecting endorsement
To craving credits
To competing for awards
You have to cross border
To know your borders

If you write for a prize
You look a little lazier
Than a giant gambler
By peddling your skills
What sportpersons do
Poor authorpreneurship

Writers live in their stories
No one thought it important
To ask if their legends exist
Unlike social critics
Writers have creative mind
Behind their critical eyes
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Submitted on February 26, 2015

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXXCA DCCXXX XBXXXD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 433
Words 74
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6

Mazhun Idris

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