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Awakening

Kennet Benoît-Hutchins 1952 (Snowdon, Montreal, QC)

The Muse Awakes

AND, I stand in silence,
warmed by the creeping fog.
You fail to see me, in plain sight.
 
I'll not laugh;

perhaps you may hear a slight intake of breath,
as I take a measured step into your oblivion
AND colour my heart's desire.

About this poem

The narrator is the muse, and the 'you', is to whom the muse speaks. Small things add up to much more than one thinks. So is it the muse who thinks, and you are simply a utensil to be used.

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Written on September 15, 2013

Submitted by Kennet on September 15, 2021

Modified by Kennet on September 19, 2021

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A AXX X XXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 242
Words 47
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 1, 3
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Kennet Benoît-Hutchins

A Canadian ambulatory Homo sapiens male, who muses and just sometimes, remembers to make note of a verse or two. Unionist with Unifor, accident adjudicator. Runs amok with words, occasionally coherent. more…

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  • Dougla$Irishman
    Dougla$Irishman
    A muse, I love that, this world is too serious !
    Just like artists who use a brush to paint a canvas
    While poets use a brush to paint words !
    A muse painter no less !
    LikeReply 12 years ago
  • mayonde
    mayonde
    I think the muse is mostly ignored?
    LikeReply2 years ago
    • Kennet
      Kennet
      The ignored, but not readily apparent
      LikeReply2 years ago
  • Soulwriter
    Soulwriter
    Truly poetic!
    LikeReply 12 years ago

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