The Pressed Flower
I opened a book to read words that would shake off my sadness,
What I found instead was a flower press between the pages,
It’s petals intact and giving colour a page of text,
I went searching for words and what I found was a moment,
A moment that I had intended on keeping,
I knew I would need it,
I just didn’t know when.
About this poem
I had been feeling a little low and went for the book The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse to read something positive. I opened it up randomly and within the page was a flower pressed from a long time ago. The poem just kind of came straight out from that point.
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Written on January 20, 2023
Submitted by Dwain.spencer on January 20, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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| Scheme | ABCDEFG |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 326 |
| Words | 71 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
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