Lessons

Leslie Kay Lanham 1960 (West Virginia)

August 22 


Standing, watching Camelot burn,
  a tragedy all around -
A broken king, his crumpled queen,
  in pieces on the ground.
The world they knew stopped turning,
  game-set-match, it’s done -
And truth be told, we never knew,
  their ending had begun.
The little prince and princess,
  will grow up strong and true -
They’ll dream of love that never ends,
  like fairytales often do.
And as the weary king and queen,
  move on their separate ways-
They’ll gather strength from deep inside,
  to face the coming days.
Their world will slowly turn again,
  though not quite as before -
For lessons learned, when Camelot burned,
  will last forevermore.  

About this poem

The heartache and surprise of watching the demise of the “perfect” family. A tragedy of lost love.

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Written on March 02, 1999

Submitted by lanhamleslie on August 30, 2022

Modified by lanhamleslie on October 01, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCBDEFEGFHFCIJIKLML
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 658
Words 123
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20

Leslie Kay Lanham

Mother, Grandmother, and happily retired. Part time poet and lyricist. Studied at Troy University. Currently resides in Pensacola, Florida. more…

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