Egg cup
As the chicks broke free
And flowers bloomed
Tiny eggs adorning bush
And firing their giant works at the sky
Then falling like petals blessing each eye
And leaving the eye the green teardrop leaves spring off the stem like baby lambs kicking heels
And whisp across the lightest breeze
To pave the way for peasants and kings
And as the chicks fluffed out eiderdown
I picked one up and kissed its crown
And then it blinked and flicked its neck
The sweetest friend I've ever met.
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Written on June 10, 2022
Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on June 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDDEFGHHIJ |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 480 |
Words | 91 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
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