Ode to Sappho, You & I
Scott Michael Potter 1966 (Grand Rapids, MI)
I will go on and
Continue
When you move on
In the moon painting oceans white
memories of you filter in
Daffodils, anemone, irises
Rhododendron, crocus, coleus,
When the plankton carry the red tide
On their green backs
And spread glowing turquoise embers
Across the black and silent ocean
Colors of memories of labors brush the heavy sky
Petunia, phlox, lantana
Toad lilies, beards tongue, fuscia
Tables with three empty seats
One setting and accoutrements
Lonely and alone I eat
The sun blinds glasses open
Yet memories kindle agreements
With splashes of more of shared digging
Peruvian lilies, heliopsis, campanula
Helianthus, hibiscus, Echinacea
The moon rides the tail of the sun
Here comes the salt of the work
It drips into my vision
Muses play harps in Lydian
Thoughts the chest does jerk
And here you follow the moon
Lyre constellation
In my dark night sky of unfolding
Monarda, marguerite, Montana
Chrysanthemum, pin cushion, lobelia
And as I turn, there is no image
There is no you
And what we were flowers again
A garden
Without a copse
Without a song
Without movement
No stag
No hunter
No forest
About this poem
"This is the end, beautiful friend. This is the end, my only friend...." JMorrison
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Written on February 18, 2022
Submitted by ScottMPotter on May 07, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAX XX BX XXXCX DX XEXCEF GD CHCAHXCF DG XAX BXX XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,118 |
Words | 202 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 2, 5, 2, 6, 2, 8, 2, 3, 3, 3 |
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