The argument

Kim Franks 1964 (Hereford)



A week after the argument
he told me
h'ed been in the field
for a week
a scientist's terms
the etymology
of his name
meaning "field"
of course
and it being
a nickname
for my name
Royal Fortress Meadow

So this is how I know

and now I am left wit words
a  blank canvas
and peace
which is
everything
to me
touche
I enrage him

A family of one
at one
my royal fortress
the music
soothes in drifts
and carries
the sound
outside
where the flowers
turn to the sun

About this poem

This was an expression of indignation after an argument with my brother

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Written on December 08, 2023

Submitted by kimberley_f on December 12, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XABXXACBXDCCE E XFXXDAXX GGFXXXXXXG
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 460
Words 97
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 13, 1, 8, 10

Kim Franks

I have been writing on and off since I was at school. I find poetry to be a very healing and soothing way of saying exactly what I feel or intuit about observations on situations or natural things, the way I see them. more…

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