Cosmos
Lynne Provance 1950 (Cleveland, Ohio)
Out there!
Beyond and within!
Expansive, yet tiny!
Constantly expanding and collapsing.
Ever changing and yet the same.
Infernal balls and frozen wastelands.
Life-giving and life-taking.
Matter and anti-matter.
Nebulas, stars, planets, asteroids, comets, galaxies…
Molecules, atoms, quarks…
Crashing and rebirthing!
Moving and standing still!
Light and dark!
Strands!
Energy!
What are we
compared to the enormous proportions
of the beyond and the unknown?
The cosmos!
Our home!
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Submitted on January 13, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXABX CBXCCBX XCA ACXCX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 465 |
Words | 68 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 7, 3, 5 |
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