One Block Over
One Block Over ©
Gary Shulman, MS Ed.
Sept. 24, 2022
Monolithic giants blanket the Arlington sky
And if that was all there was
This well seasoned boy would cry
But one block over a fantasy realm
To Alice’s Wonderland I wander
Manicured gardens, wild flowers galore
My brain cells begin to ponder
To juxtapose the yin and yang
Of edifice and quaint private abode
Does quench a thirst for me profound
It calms my heavy load
For when the noise and chaos reign
And senses throb my nerves with pain
One block over is the potent bromide
My anxieties all begin to fade
And moving to this most wondrous marvelous place
Was the best decision we ever made
About this poem
A love poem to Arlington VA
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Written on September 25, 2022
Submitted by shulman.gary on September 25, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXX BXBXAXAXCXCDDXEXE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 651 |
Words | 123 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 17 |
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