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The Unknown Comes

Kennet Benoit-Hutchins 1952 (Snowdon, Montreal, QC)

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A master teacher of human frailty
Comes calling, even the sheltered deaf
Hear and heed the call; helter skelter
Answering with disbelief, laughter, doubt,
Hope, optimism, skepticism, pessimism, -
Ahh, whatever disguises your fear:  works.

The human condition remains in vogue.

Kennet Benoit-Hutchins

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Unchanging human condition

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Written on November 20, 2022

Submitted by Kennet on November 21, 2022

Modified on March 23, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXXXX X
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 302
Words 49
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 1
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Kennet Benoit-Hutchins

A Canadian ambulatory Homo sapiens male, who muses and just sometimes, remembers to make note of a verse or two. Unionist with Unifor, accident adjudicator. Runs amok with words, occasionally coherent. more…

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  • dougb.21370
    dougb.21370
    Canvasses the spectrum of responses to circumstances that trouble, unhinge or threaten. Appreciated muchly Kennet…Doug Blair
    LikeReply 11 year ago
    • Kennet
      Kennet
      Doug, thanks so much for your words. Considering the past six years in North America, I think this piece speaks to the angst we have all suffered to some degree.
      LikeReply1 year ago
  • teril
    teril
    I like this poem very much. I read it over again... and then again! Interesting.
    LikeReply1 year ago
    • Kennet
      Kennet
      thank you. I am glad that it drew you in to re-read it. That is coup for anyone who creates. Thank you once again.
      LikeReply1 year ago

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