I watched the news today…
I watched the news today.
There’s a war again.
people fighting
Babies dying
Calamity has won.
I watched the news today
Another child’s been stabbed.
Mothers wailing
Systems failing
Please, not another one.
I watched the news today
The planets slowly dying.
Storms are raging
Fires blazing
My God, what have we done?
…I don’t want to turn the tv on today.
There’s nothing I can do
Mind is racing
Heart is breaking
I’m sympathetic ..and I’m numb.
About this poem
The feeling of helplessness whilst watching all the turmoil in the world occur.
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Written on October 21, 2023
Submitted by Kyia.jb.w on October 21, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | Axbbc Axbbc Abbbc axbbx |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 478 |
Words | 98 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
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