The Girl at the Table



Don’t let your tears extinguish your brave hair,
It’s unknown to me, the problem, it’s just a minor thing.
Because your waterworks are helpful to the soul,
Spring fountain flourishing in a black painstriken night,

She’s quivering at that table, clenching to its edge,
Close to the edge herself, rigged of pity and isolation,
Your a fighter in that feisty lip,
Take a chance and ignore it all, 5 seconds.

There she leaves, banished by a melancholy feeling
That reeked the embers in your beautiful hair,
Your eyes still and will always reflect that fiery hope,
I don’t know you, but I don’t need to, just know this,
Find your place, and be free forever.

About this poem

Renshaw's poem requires the context before anything. He wrote this across the room of a girl he was observing work. A precise account of her actions and the thoughts he had when writing.

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Written on June 04, 2022

Submitted by willrenshawbusiness on September 29, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXX XXXX BAXXX
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 668
Words 128
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5

William Renshaw

William Renshaw born on the 25th May 2004 is a British poet coming from Newport, Wales. He is an honours student at the University of Bolton studying BA English. Growing up in a family of retail labourers and engineers, He hasn't particularly made a stand in the professional world of poetry until now working toward publishing his first 2 collections, 'Thoughts Expand' and 'The Theory of Love.' Living in the Greater Manchester area and also residing in Blackpool from 8 to 18, he has grapsed a rich culture for the North West of England. His poetry work usually features an abundance of mellow topics including death, suicide and a pessimistic decline of the modern world. More recently, William has began writing romantic poems for his lover and ones that any person can involve themselves within. We know he got a fair amount of inspiration for his poems from his A level Sixth Form tutors Natalie Collister and Rebecca Bain. He also received a fair amount of inspiration and guidance from his late Great Grandmother, Evelyn Haslam who passed away in 2018. Eldest son of Alexandra Renshaw (1983-pre) and Lee Renshaw (1978-pre). He has 1 brother, Thomas Renshaw (2006-pre) and a sister, Victoria Renshaw (2012-pre). more…

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