Two Wings
I’m a two-winged poet
not just single-wing
And would never clip one
to fly into this wind
As one wing goes up
the other comes down
Until both work together
when flying most proud
The zero-sum landing
with talons so tight
Only shortens the glide path
and ruins the flight
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on July 13, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XA XX XX XX AB XB X |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 311 |
Words | 54 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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