One Hand Clapping
Too busy writing
to care if you listened
Space there before me,
live ink on the page
To say it just once
with no echo to follow
Questions—unanswered
endorsement prepaid
(The New Room: November, 2021)
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Submitted by sage48 on November 09, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | XXXX XXXX X |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 204 |
| Words | 38 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
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