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Over There

Thomas W. Case 1966 (California)

Free verse
Hope migrates to
sunny Island shores.
There is no sorrow,
roses always bloom,
and the birds of paradise
fly forever free.
The salty ocean
cleanses the rot
from the skin
and the heart.
 
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Thomas W. Case
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Scheme XXXXXXXXXX XX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 199
Words 38
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 10, 2
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Thomas W. Case

Born in Oxnard California, currently living in Iowa. Published two books of poetry and hundreds of individual poems in anthologies all over the world. more…

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