One Morning, While You Slept
I was running before you woke.
Serpentine and sodden streets.
Branches bowing down
Humble, heavy with rain
Strong-backed, rooted ancients.
Seeing over the soaking canopy,
A hawk challenges the sun.
The trees, the hawk, the resting rain
Emblems of calm existence
Knowing all, or not knowing.
My sneakers slipped on asphalt.
A deer, sure-footed, startled me.
I was thinking of other things.
I was home before you woke.
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Submitted by 11jen.helmer on June 20, 2023
Modified by 11jen.helmer on June 20, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGDHIJFKA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 427 |
Words | 77 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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