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We Hear Your Claps of Thunder

Jamal Upshaw 1954 (NYC)

Free verse
when lightning strikes
upon the earth
you
shall hear
the
clarion call of Gabriel's Horn
shower the
Chosen People of the earth!
lord
we
hear your claps of thunder
upon
the
Chosen People of the earth
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Written on September 14, 2023

Submitted by ggolden9 on September 14, 2023

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Scheme abcdEfeBghijEB
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 202
Words 42
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
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