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Fly on the Window

Daniel A Freedman 1950 (New London CT.)

February 22 
Ballad
Fly on the window, it died long ago
The front door was open
But it didn't know.
What spark of energy, flows in a fly
That makes it so fearless
Of having to die?
Against the pane we can't escape
Don't build your world
With a wall of hate.

About this poem

This is one of the first poems that I wrote about a little fly that died on our living room window.

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Written on October 20, 1960

Submitted by danielafreedman on February 27, 2022

Modified on April 06, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABACDCEFG
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 238
Words 52
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
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Daniel A Freedman

Daniel A. Freedman is an American poet who is a member of the New England Poetry Society. He has one published book of poetry "Midbar Negev Nights". He has written for several different Zines including: BURP, Fell Swoop, Backroom Poets and Oz Burp. more…

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