Dead poet

Boy with a pen 2001 (Assam)



This pen feels heavy now
Each stroke feels substantial
The poet in me has gone comatose
I punish myself with this pen
By writing words of love in empty white sheets
Words,  which I should be whispering  in your ears
But you are not here, you flowed away like the ink that flows in these empty sheets
I write with this heavy pen
Words of emptiness in empty sheets
These words echo within me , longing to get out of these vacant sheets

About this poem

A sequence of lines that crossed my mind during moments of isolation and silence

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Submitted by Boywithapen on April 30, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFEDEE
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 437
Words 85
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10

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