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Another

Roy Blokker 1950 (The Netherlands)

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And yet another life well lived,
Another human being just trying to be good,
Going about their daily living aisle by aisle
Planning for the evening meal
Taken
Not by God or disease or accident or age
But by unnecessary hatred
Again
And yet again
While the rest of us stood and watched
Just glad it wasn't us,
Remotely sorry.

About this poem

It is so hard to put some reactions into words. These are my few words regarding the terrible tragedy in Buffalo, NY, and the seemingly endless list of similar events in our country, for what it's worth.

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Written on May 17, 2022

Submitted by RoyBlokker on May 17, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGHHIJK
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 324
Words 63
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
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Roy Blokker

Born in the Netherlands in 1950, I moved to America as a todler. My father's itchy foot brought us to all sorts of interesting places, and I still love to travel. I graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1971, then became a postal letter carrier for 31 years before retiring to the Big Sky Country of Montana. I am author of 11 books, including 7 volumes of poetry, 2 anthologies and a novel. more…

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