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Ridden

Trevor McLeod

Free verse
Where do you think that wood's coming from?
The Earth.
Where do you think your metal grows?

Where do you think those things owned are
The Earth;
and it shows!

Hold on to what you matter
Hold on to what's been given
Hold on to your revolving
what life's been left to livin'

Rare as a child fed given
Rare as man's work hard
Baring a stake to driven
Home for a heart blessed
ridden

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Stealing from the Earth for wealth.

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Written on January 29, 2022

Submitted by Poetbird on January 29, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xAb xAb xcxc cxcxc
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 382
Words 83
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 4, 5
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