God, A Traffic Light
Robert Joseph Mattingly 1957 (Brookline, Massachusetts)
Satan runs
The red light,
As Jesus
Waits for it
To turn green,
While we are
Approaching
The yellow
Light daily
Which is life
Traveling
Along the
Avenue,
About this poem
At A Traffic Light
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Written on February 09, 2024
Submitted by robertm.06281 on February 09, 2024
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 155 |
Words | 33 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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