And Nothing At All
Like wine in storage,
The cellar of my perception ages
Buried deep in its recesses
The past and future abandoned
—time no longer the vintner
Fermenting in the immediacy
Of the chosen instant
And distilling in the perfection
Of the perpetual present
—the moment reopens
Bringing with it everything
—and nothing at all
(Garrett Hill Pennsylvania: January, 2014)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on October 10, 2018
Modified on March 12, 2023
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| Scheme | XAAXX BCXCX XX B |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 377 |
| Words | 58 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 2, 1 |
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