Ambition Tastes Like Coffee
Ambition tastes like coffee;
Bitter
Tangy
until we find brief, sweet relief -
It fuels our labour, yet
Ceaselessly
Strenuously
fragrant solace strays further
a n d f u r t h e r .
It leaves a familiar scent in its wake;
pungent and saccharine -
Desire, raw
(served extra hot)
So every sip
I taste ambition
And every time
It’s like a r e w a r d .
About this poem
A poem about ambition, written from the shower thoughts of a 12-year-old Arizonan girl (very out of the blue).
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Written on September 10, 2023
Submitted by ngfei9843 on September 10, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEAABFGHIJKLMA |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 418 |
Words | 76 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
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