Bud

Rachel McDonald 1944 (New York)



Where'd you go?
affirmative man with purpose
where'd you go?
Man with a front end loader
diggin' up his driveway
where did you go?
A man who helped his neighbors
and played music doin' it.
Where'd you go;

About this poem

Losing anyone in your time is life changing.

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Submitted by octobertimer on June 22, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AbAcdaefA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 197
Words 38
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9

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