Shooting Star



I remember the times,
We  sat outside...
Looking up at the night sky.

We would talk about the many sparkling stars,
Some shooting across the night sky...
While sitting beside you watching them soar by.

Though now I sit alone looking up at the stars above,
I've seen the one...
You sent across the sparkling night sky.

About this poem

For my grandmother who loved to sit out on the balcony and look up to the night sky.

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Written on 2013

Submitted by staceyknighton on September 15, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXA XAA XXA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 309
Words 57
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3

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