love



i visit
my 92 year old Aunt Evie
we sit
together

l i s t e n i n g

to Nat King Cole

she cries
her sister died

i touch her arm

unforgettable

About this poem

inspired by my visits with my aunt

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Written on 2022

Submitted by barbB on April 06, 2022

Modified on April 20, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXX X X XX X
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 147
Words 41
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 1, 1, 2, 1

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