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Braille Stars of Night

Jamal Upshaw 1954 (NYC)

Free verse
The tiger moths
Wingless flight
Camouflage stripes
Sitting patiently
Waiting in the
Tall thick grass
Reading the braille
Stars of night
Asking the Lord
To bring back his sight
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Written on September 08, 2021

Submitted by gregory_g on September 08, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGBHB
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 166
Words 29
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
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