Analysis of life changing events happen any day

Linda Yoest 1951 (Ohio)



life changing events happen any day

how fickle is life
always changing
unplanned events
happen
without warning any
sneaking into our day


Scheme A XXXXXA
Poetic Form
Metre 1100110101 11011 110 0101 10 011010 1001101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 137
Words 23
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 6
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 58
Words per stanza (avg) 11

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Reflecting on life as I age.

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Written on April 10, 2023

Submitted by LinYoest on April 10, 2023

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Linda Yoest

I am 70 years old. I used to write poetry quite a bit in my 20s and 30s, but haven't for a very long time. I wrote my favorite poem in 1984 and gave it framed to my parents for Christmas--it was on tracing paper over a drawing I did of a hand. My parents have passed away; the poem hangs over my computer desk. It was published in American Poetry Anthology 1987, Volume VII, Number 1, edited by John Frost. The title is The Element; page 306; my last name at that time was McDonald. It's time to get back to reading--and maybe writing--poetry. more…

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