That I Was Here



Every where I turn
The news is bad
I'm still alive
But I ain't glad.

The news they say
this summer so hot
I stay inside
and feel it not.

My old bones ere
always cold, that
the way it is
So I've been told.

My name is Joe,
What a dumb name
and have no money
and have no fame.

So when I'm gone
If I ever am for
Actually dying
I have no plan.

But I suppose I will
Kick the bucket some day
And if they read my rhyme
then they will know
That I came by this way.

About this poem

A poem I wrote in 2021 with the hope I will be remembered when I have returned to dust. Joe Hampton

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Written on October 23, 2021

Submitted by joemirlhampton on December 28, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA BCXC XXXX DEXE XXXX XBXDB
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 466
Words 119
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5

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