The Swamp
Academic eyes
Bullying lies
Feelings held hostage
Locked unopposed
Academic eyes
Mandatory ‘I’’s
Mirrored reflection
The Emperor’s clothes
Academic eyes
Robert Bly cries
The pond has been drained
Replaced with a swamp
Academic eyes
Truth rendered blind
The facts mired out
—fantasy romps
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2014)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on October 19, 2018
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | AaxxAxxxAaxxAxxa x |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 342 |
| Words | 47 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16, 1 |
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