Dust
Greg Lanier 1962 (Atlanta, GA)
It floats
On wisps of the wind
From the ceiling fan
It hides
Until spied
By the truth in a beam of sunlight
Or in the wipe
Of a pure white glove
It collects
On the porous membranes
That condition life
It hints
At the reality of its origins
Flecks and pieces of a larger whole
Yet indistinguishable from whence it came,
A book
A carpet
Soil from a well-worn shoe
It mimics
The memories of my life
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Submitted by GregLanier on May 10, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 376 |
Words | 78 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 5, 3, 4, 3, 2 |
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