Fallen Birds
N. Dale Smith 2001 (San Jose)
Words fall as birds in a poison sky
Striving to fall upon a caring ear
In the hope that their death might
Bring with it some meaning
These words which we utter
Are born without agency
Born without choice
Forced to reflect the desires of their creator
And all I can do is apologize
For their fate
to never achieve
Their singular dream.
For forcing them to die
Having crashed only upon
Cracked soil
And broken souls
Perhaps it is not their fate
Which I should apologize for
But instead for ever having given them
The smallest glimpse of light
About this poem
Contemporary free verse poem. "Fallen Birds" is written in reference to the fate of the words we say which fail to make a difference.
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Written on December 05, 2022
Submitted by nathans.74557 on December 05, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXBX CXXC XDXX AXXX DXXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 547 |
Words | 107 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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