One Foot in the Clouds.
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
How long does the average poet live?
Do they have a special timely give?
I wonder this as I step through the clouds,
of poets passed, who's footsteps loud,
claiming their gait with timely a wait.
One foot in cloud, my knees almost ache;
my heart sometimes twinges,
the rest not surloin stakes.
I watch with tender footing,
swaying and wobbling,
Staring for longer at what seems like nothing, then famished again I tend to my blushes, bulges and blemishes.
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Written on October 17, 2021
Submitted by heathert.34240 on October 17, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 445 |
Words | 80 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
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