Analysis of My Write To Life

Charles Edward York 1966 (Saigon, Vietnam)



My Write To Life

Our lives are fragile verses written in time
On pages that yellow and fade away
Yet our actions glow brighter than our words
Burning memories none can be forgotten
The stars witness our light sadly
Knowing we are made of the same stuff
And shine as brief moments in time.

My eyes breathe in the short specter
A world that turns without kindness or joy
All around me forces of anger and hate
Catch fire with the fuel of suffering
Warping our souls as separate beings
While the universe says otherwise
We are so intimately connected.

There is a faint silence amidst our whisper
Love is the moving word whose act
Propels us forward from dissatisfaction
Taking us outside our skin to get lost
Serving others to find ourselves
Being patient and kind
We make our thoughts into peace.

So do not despair for your bodily life
The pleasures and ravages of the flesh
Instead aim to pursue your unseen
Dreams and visions and virtue
A soul soft as water and able to shape
Your world into a play of pure words
Written as well read verse.

Copyright © 2024 Charles Edward York
No part of this poem may be used or reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any way or form or by any means electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise without the written permission of the author.*


Scheme A BXCDXXB EXXXXXX EXDXXXX AXXXXCX XE
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 101110101001 1101100101 110101101101 10100111010 011010110 101111011 01111001 11100110 0111011011 10111011001 11010101100 1010111010 1010110 1111000010 110110011010 11010111 0111010010 10111101111 101011001 101001 11101011 11101111001 0100100101 011101101 1010010 01111001011 110101111 101111 101101 111110111101100010101010010111111010100100010110010100101010
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,307
Words 246
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 7, 7, 7, 7, 2
Lines Amount 31
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 176
Words per stanza (avg) 39

About this poem

Why living and loving is worth it in spite of our fragility.

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Written on January 18, 2024

Submitted by charlesedwardyork on January 18, 2024

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Charles Edward York

Charles Edward York is an author and poet activist living in Plano, Texas. He’s written over 1400 poems and published 17 books of poetry. Born in Vietnam and raised a citizen in Dallas, Texas, he writes poems that include the subjects of love and relationships, nature, social justice, including police violence against African-Americans and minorities, astronomy and others. more…

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