Never To Rest
I’m a Poet….
don’t try to trap me with words
or with logic you don’t understand
With your barrister’s training
you’re out of your league
this arena beyond your command
In some ways
I’ve already said it all
but never in the form you approve
Or with comforting platitudes
lining your shell
as pontification behooves
The slick easy answers
unfit for a Sage
but the pundit and liars attest
My message as spoken
comes at great cost
—your conscience never to rest
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on March 13, 2018
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXA XXA XXX XXX XXB XXB X |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 525 |
Words | 86 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
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