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JOY

Dr. T. Pinnock 1962 (Hartford, Ct)

The joy of happiness is the joy of love.
The joy of a baby’s face smiling in your face.
The joy of living in the sadness of dying.
The joy of a baby taking a shape of a being, in a women’s womb.
The joy of a couple standing, side by side in marriage;
The joy of kissing the moonlight dust.
The joy of giving something you treasure.
The joy of freedom.
The joy of the sun shining on your face.
The joy of knowing you are loved.


By: Theodore Arthur Pinnock
“Winter of 75”
12 years old
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Submitted by dr_pinnock on July 14, 2021

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Scheme ABXXXXXXBX XAX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 478
Words 98
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 10, 3
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Dr. T. Pinnock

Dr. Pinnock first wrote poetry in the institution he resided in inside a classroom at 8 years old. The typewriter was old and manual with a keyguard. A keyguard is a device with an opening for each key to prevent a person lacking fine motor skills from accidentally hitting a key. Dr. Pinnock was granted permission to use the class alone. He labored there typing for hours ignoring his cerebral palsy. Dr. Pinnock grew up with his family until August of 1970. Poverty forced his parents to make him a ward of the State of Connecticut. more…

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