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Spark

Patricia Reed Smith 1979 (Georgia)

Free verse
I am combustible

My sensitive paper-thin skin
Kindling

My devious, forsaken thoughts
Flammable

My artistic, playful imagination
Incendiary

My vulnerable love
Ignitable

My fractured soul
Volatile

You
Are a spark

About this poem

This poem was written November 2016, and first published online at pathetic.org in November 2021. The poem is about the burning desires of lust.

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Written on November 22, 2016

Submitted by patti_s on October 09, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A XX XA XX XA AA XX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 216
Words 36
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
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