My Pen
Michael Pardue 1979
This pen is my sentence
Ink of my time.
Try to spell it out
with a little rhythm,and rhyme.
Knowing the cause
having...with no place to pause.
With this pen
I can make the sun shine,or
the clouds to roll in.
Can you not hear?The rain on the tin.
Minutes are passing
I hear no laughing
In this cage
like a dog
which has no master.
Look at that tree in the pasture.
I can make this
go a little faster, or slow it down
with the water dripping down the drain.
Okay this is getting a little plain.
The one I left crying
Making me feel as I'm dying.
How can I make the sky blue
When all I see is gray.
I wish I could write this all new
like the first day of May.
So with my pen
I'll write my poem.
Give me wings so I can soar.
So at the end you will see.
That in this "Pen"i am free.
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Written on May 12, 2015
Submitted by champion_shelley33 on February 07, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCBDEFGHHIIJKGGLMNNIIOGOPFQGRG |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 783 |
Words | 188 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 31 |
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