The Name
They are your three syllables.
The one utterance I can never meet with dispassion.
Be it--
a pupil with purple hair answering “present”
the first person massacred in a murder mystery
a diapered newborn napping in a nursery
or just the boring boy down the block
It makes no difference.
The sound is the twist of a tuning fork in my heart,
And my ears will become satellite dishes to receive it.
What I’m saying is
If I had to choose one of two strangers to die
If one bore your name, they would live.
About this poem
For Vladimir, my first love, and a name that will always capture my attention.
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Submitted by jeremyt.40101 on June 30, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXAXBBXXXA XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 531 |
Words | 102 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 3 |
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