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For My Brother

Will Scarlet 1946 (NJ)

Ode
With a 10 cent memo pad
And a number 2 pencil
My Brother left me a stencil
A blueprint for his blues

And all I ever taught him
Was how to tie his shoes...

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Among my Brother's personal effects after he passed.. A pencil and a memo pad...

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Written on October 09, 1991

Submitted on August 12, 2021

Modified by davidb on September 02, 2021

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXA XA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 149
Words 34
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 2
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Will Scarlet

Been writing and spieling poetry for over half a century. Self assembled, printed and distributed 2 chap books/vanity presses. I've written poems that never mention names or places. Just places in the heart and mind. more…

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