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Tender is the air

Ronald Tirino 1962 (NYC)

Tender is the air

Tender as the air around us
Song of winds that shake
The barley from its grain
Open quietly to the winter of our lives
 
Drying leaves swirl under naked foot
Shadows rise
Which none could see
Singing in the winds of time
through the life we never lived
 
Sowing seeds to growing minds
Wanting seeds to grow to life
and live the life they need
 
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Scheme X XXXX XXXXX XXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 363
Words 72
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 5, 3
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