My Prison Keep
James Robert Pendleton 1958 (Fallon NV)
What’s this! I know
Be it a Shelter though
What it is for sure, It is right here!
Thank God we arrived, before the blizzard Snow
But in a place, that’s quite odd, and queer
Because there’s no Town, that’s Far, or Near.
With accommodations, on a frozen lake,
On the Longest Day, of the Year.
I gave the Porter a hand to shake
This was a Monumental! and Colossal mistake,
He told us the floor is not to sweep,
Much like, the blizzard’s, Snowy Downy Flake
We prayed our prayers, of Light and Deep
To protect us, in our Prison Keep
And Now, all I have is time to sleep,
With more Time, to Sleep
About this poem
I wrote this poem on August 25, 2023 as part of a 6 week poetry workshop I attended. I had to take the last word of each line in another poem and tailor it to fit those words. It was quite fun.... I chose the poem by Robert Frost, "Wtopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening"
Written on August 25, 2023
Submitted by jamesrpendleton on February 14, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABACCDCDDEDEEEE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 600 |
Words | 123 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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