Impending Senectitude
May and June, how light I feel,
Sensations mildly rousing,
Living, loving, laughing, dancing,
All good times espousing!
Children have come and gone,
My Spring is long past,
Yet Summer leaves a little time
And Autumn comes at last!
Evidence of decades comes,
I color with a frenzy,
Some of the now long days are fraught
With aching, throbbing cadenzas!
Slowly December comes,
I watch with vision dim,
Grandchildren run, my blood grows cold,
I promise to watch from beyond the realm!
c. Poetic Universalisms II by Lena Smith Carter, 2006.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XAAA XBXB CXXC CXXX X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 520 |
Words | 91 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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