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