Ginger
Her hair wasn’t orange
and her skin wasn’t pale
She had a thin spray of
light brown freckles across
her nose and dotting her
shoulders.
Her hair was strawberry blonde
naturally falling somewhere
between red and blonde,
but never really picking a side,
especially in the sun.
I suppose her mother named her
“Ginger” because she knew she’d
grow up to be both sweet and spicy.
About this poem
This poem is inspired by the ginger root, red hair, and a girl my dad dated in high school.
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Written on 2019
Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 06, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XX XXAX BXBXX AXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 386 |
Words | 73 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 5, 3 |
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