Random Reflections
Feel salty air along the beach tonight
So once again I'm feeling young and spry.
Through hazy fog from time to time I sight
White sails and hear the hungry seagulls cry.
A summer rain and then a rainbow seen,
Its hues embossed on butterflies and ponds.
A honey bee that reaches deep and clean
For nectar, life infused, the rose responds.
The air is hushed, oppressive is the heat
As tired old bird sits on a cool steel bridge
For he is free of mind and wing and feet;
My bird is caged with no such privilege.
My heart astir by just remembering
I found true love and violets in Spring.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX FF |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 571 |
Words | 112 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
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