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The Gift

Jacqueline Landis-Hines 1967 (NC)

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His sleeping is of silence and innocents.
 Her Awareness is of small insect creatures.
 His cry is of annoyance and help!
 Her eyes are of fear and the tears are from the heavens,     Then love shall come from the mother's womb.

By Jacqueline Landis-Hines

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This poem is about the births of my 4 beautiful children!

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Submitted by jacjac on July 10, 2023

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Scheme XXXX X
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 259
Words 49
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 1
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Jacqueline Landis-Hines

I grew up in Charlotte NC. While attending school, I played Basketball, softball and ran track. Guess you can say I was athletic. I started playing around with poetry a little later in life. I'm the proud mom of 4 beautiful children who inspire me daily! more…

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