Analysis of Retirement, and now me…



Which day of the week.
Seldom get it right these days.
Workaday triggers, reminders
Where did they go?
My wife Hilary, a delightful
Fellow traveler. Short hops.
Rising up way before dawn.
Thoughts alive to new
Zones of writing, of poetry.
The words and jabs I love.
The conversations now enjoyed
Online. A Forum or two.
No rush in my travels.
To-do lists calmed down muchly.
Time to observe the Human Race.
To kick in a brief conversation.
Words of hope. Much eye contact.
Smiles of a subdued sort.
The Listening Ear.
Yeah Doug just shut up and listen.
Folks are starved for lack
Of engagement.
Damned COVID.
DOUBLE DAMNED.
First the fear, then the new Good Citizen.
Apart and rude and removed.
Not gonna go there folks.
Besides, I am 72, grey haired and
Full of bumps and grinds.
Six foot four and
Busking harmonicas.
http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/
Now much more audacity in
My approaches or suggestions.
Makes me an AUTHORITY.
Perchance.
An Oracle?
Not bloody likely, but
It’s a thought.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKHLEMNOPQNRSKTNUVWXWBYZ1 I2 E3 4
Poetic Form
Metre 11101 1011111 1010010 1111 111000010 1010011 1011011 10111 11101100 010111 0010101 101011 110110 111111 11010101 11001010 111111 110011 01001 11111010 11111 1010 11 101 1011011100 0101001 110111 0111110 11101 1110 11 111 11101000 10101010 1110100 01 1100 110101 101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 995
Words 201
Sentences 34
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 39
Lines Amount 39
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 775
Words per stanza (avg) 170
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Written on March 07, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 07, 2023

Modified by dougb.19255 on March 07, 2023

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Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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