Haiku for a house in Gambier, Ohio

Tonya McCarthan 1971 (yellow cab)



Gingerbread lining,
Laced 'round aloft,
Gently caressing,
Quaintly expressing,
Beauty betrothed.       

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I found my love, David F., there!

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Written on April 23, 2018

Submitted on July 12, 2022

Modified on April 10, 2023

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15

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Scheme ABAAB
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 104
Words 15
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5

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