contention
Eugene Redelinghuys 1974 (Wineberg)
my prison has a nice view
a smoldering coal mine
glowing the night sky
I can leave anytime
no keys in these doors
far below in the street
seems like everyone can
strange kind of happiness
this sense of freedom
I get it sometimes;
it's in our veins to fight chains
waiting for better weather
to hoist the sails, maybe
time to go dig up those
long-buried treasures
About this poem
Just a reaction to a feeling. Painted as beautifully as I could.
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Written on 2022
Submitted by eugener.13042 on February 04, 2023
Modified on April 19, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 365 |
Words | 72 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 8 |
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