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Ben and Me

Nancy Capaldo 1966 (New york)

April 24 
Free verse
Just after the midnight rain,
you took me to the park
pushed me on the swings

Hanging
            Deserted
and damp

You,my secret moonlight friend,
me, a carefree child again
B r e e z i n g through Blackness
This time Unafraid.....

               You were my eyes.

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A moment of trust and feeling safe even if it didn't last

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Written on April 01, 1991

Submitted by Bnangel35 on April 07, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXX XXX XXXX X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 270
Words 55
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 4, 1
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1 Comment
  • Vixility
    Vixility
    This was one of my pinned poems for the April contest. Just way to let you know I appreciated the imagery behind this piece—reminds me how Imagist poets like Amy Lowell and Hilda Doolittle write.

    Very creative piece. Thanks for sharing. 
    LikeReply15 days ago
    • Bnangel35
      Bnangel35
      Thank you very much. That is such a nice compliment.
      LikeReply15 days ago

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