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This Life

Susanna Elliott-Newth

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This life is not my native land.
This mortgaged lot of heart and hand
With lease of mind to understand
This life is not my native land.

This world is not my native place.
This mortgaged plot of time and space
With peace of mind to know in grace
This world is not my native place.

My living world is far away.
Beyond the gates of night and day,
Beyond the straits of come what may
Where now I bide but will not stay!

About this poem

We don't come from here and so when our time on Earth is up, we return Home. So many people find this concept so hard to comprehend.

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Submitted by susannaelliott on April 27, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AaaA BbbB cccc
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 417
Words 92
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
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Susanna Elliott-Newth

Susanna is a teacher, living near the coastal fringes of the Illawarra Coastline in NSW, Australia. Her environment is her stimulus for her writing. She has published four books of short stories, as well as her own memoir book, and writes educational resources for teachers. more…

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