In Search Of My Own
I traveled from Essex
to the kingdom of Wales
in search of a family tree
And passing a cobbler
I then was reminded
what these shoes really mean to me
I’ve walked and I’ve walked
and I’ve searched and I’ve searched,
for a name more than mine on loan
And through leather worn thin
these sparse clothes that I’m in
will walk to China in search of my own
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on December 12, 2018
Modified on March 12, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 404 |
Words | 73 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
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