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Flight

Kathy l. White 1954 (California)

January 22 
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She looks out
Unable now to fly the easy courses,
Tiptoe on the season's pedestal of doubt,
Aware of how the sunlight spends its best resources
like parts of a world it does not care about.
Unseduced by leaves that feign a lure of golden night,
She stands, defeated, on the source of flight.

About this poem

I had two choices to make in my life at this time. Neither choice would have promoted my well-being. A paralyzing feeling.

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Written on January 13, 1995

Submitted by kathy.white001 on January 22, 2022

Modified on March 31, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABACADD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 291
Words 58
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
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