Three Marys



Three Marys on the road going to a tomb
One old one younger one in bloom
Hurrying thru a world  changing as they sped
The dark of the first new day

‘The sun is coming’ the oldest said
She carried frankincense to anoint the dead
The shadows grew lighter on the road they trod
The pre light of the first new day

“Who will move the stone” the younger cried
She had fine myrrh for the one who died
The light was touching the tops of the trees
In the dawn of the first new day

“The stones been moved” sang the bloom
They  knelt and gazed in the empty tomb
The sheet lay flat on the stone inside
In the full light of the first new day

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The first new day

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Written on April 09, 2011

Submitted by thelastminstre on May 24, 2022

Modified on April 09, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABC BBXC DDXC AADC
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 643
Words 131
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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