Real
Robert loughran 1962 (Ireland)
Note to self,
add nothing on.
take nothing away,
all else is artifice,
drop all striving,
desist all resistance,
fall down into reality,
stretch out congeal,
let personality consume itself,
be empty,
be real.
About this poem
About not acting our way through life
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Written on April 06, 2024
Submitted by robertl.92681 on April 06, 2024
Modified by robertl.92681 on April 06, 2024
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| Scheme | ABCDEFGHAGH |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 212 |
| Words | 44 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
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