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Baby

Charlotte Cohen 1987 (London)

Haiku
Baby's chubby hand
rests in mine. She turns her sweet
face, to beam at me.
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Written on July 12, 2021

Submitted by Soulwriter on July 12, 2021

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABC
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 72
Words 15
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
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Charlotte Cohen

Charlotte is a born teacher, lifelong learner and lover of all things literary. She considers herself an amateur poet and believes that all should have the chance to compose...whether it be art, music, or poetry! more…

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  • lightonemaulu21
    lightonemaulu21
    Fewer rightly placed words do bring out whole story. Master-piece it is!
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • cecilia.crasto.au
    cecilia.crasto.au
    Beautiful words, thanks for bringing back memories of my own little ones, forever etched in our hearts...Delightful!
    LikeReply2 years ago
  • mayonde
    mayonde
    baby loves you in return! It's a good time to love!
    LikeReply 12 years ago
  • MarkVMarkov
    MarkVMarkov
    Baby got ribs?
    LikeReply2 years ago
  • MarkVMarkov
    MarkVMarkov
    Wow! What a masterpiece. Where did you learn to write like that?
    LikeReply2 years ago

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