Sunday Afternoon (5/1/88)
William Goresko 1951 (Philadelphia, PA) – 2008 (Willow Grove, PA)
The crow caws, the cherry blossoms
Fall softly to earth, and the
Gentle breeze carries with it
The aroma of Sunday dinners,
Scents of last autumn's leaves
Burning, the smoky end of winter's
Wood pile, and a thousand other
Nearly tangible smells rising
To form one, that brings forth
Intimations of past and future lives.
I wait, knowing not quite from
Where I've come or where I'm going,
A ship pausing at port on a long
And wind tossed journey.
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Submitted by cuwoodford on May 31, 2021
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| Scheme | ABCDEDFGHIJGKL |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 432 |
| Words | 80 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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