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Taking Time

Christopher Gordon Williams 1953 (Hobart)

Slim pretty young thing
How long until you’ll wear my ring?
I don’t want to rush & do the wrong thing
But bide my time until I hear bells ring.

Ringing out for you and me
On that day hand fasted we’ll be
But I am prepared to wait
Because I know it’s together, our fate.
So not rushing in where angels fear to tread,
Biding my time until we are wed.
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Written on January 01, 2004

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAAA BBCCDD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 357
Words 77
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 6
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Christopher Gordon Williams

European ancestry 6th generation Tasmanian. Tasmania Palawa (aboriginal) heritage. University educated and father of two boys and a daughter. I have lived mainly in Tasmania with time also spent in New South Wales and Victoria. I have traveled in New Zealand, Asia and Maldives I have been writing poetry since mid 1970's. Not all of the time, just when the inspiration hits me. more…

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