As I Walk
As I walk down this city street
With the rush, rush, rush of each person I meet,
The clamor of horns, the pounding of feet,,
The dizzying busyness of life incomplete,
How I envy the tall buildings stretching on high,
If I climbed to the top I could reach to the sky
And see the white clouds and watch the birds fly.
I could hail a white cloud and drift far away
To the land of my dreams where the great forests lay
And there by the edge of the lake I would stay
And hear the loon's call at the close of each day.
About this poem
I wrote this when I was helping my sister and brother in- law in their fishing camp in Northern Ontario. I fell in love with the North Country.
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Written on August 28, 2022
Submitted by Nel on August 28, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 512 |
Words | 110 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
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