mounted the lighthouse metal
Robert Graham 1946 (Glasgow)
mounted the lighthouse metal
spiral clanging
up to sensual silence & a long sea view
(dropped the teasing underthings)
hanging
flags of mute surrender as we drew
the heat bits nearer, rode a rising tide,
splayed a risen leg, a grasping hand
guided, guided, locked in sea slug slide
(the light rotated once came back to stand)
where open mouths breathed hot staccato sighs
(two rush-thudding hearts and gasping wheeze)
& all the ships that strayed too close to shore
blasted horns in dinning feral roar
at heads thrown back,
a buckling of the knees,
& giant Neptune rose, looked into our eyes
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Written on April 16, 2023
Submitted by robertg.73901 on May 04, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABCAB DEDE CCFFXC C |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 634 |
Words | 109 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 6, 1 |
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