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NIGHT SOUNDS

Ken Bartlett 1934 (Leominsterr Mass)

      NIGHT  SOUNDS

     Tick-tock, tick-tock, drip, drip, drip, drop.
     Train whistle toots and traffic distributes nonstop.

     Delivery trucks come, delivery trucks go
     over the speed bumps; kerplump, fast and slow.

     Heat pumps clatter, splatter, and spew
     strange sounds; some old and some that are new.

     Tires squeal,  radio blares.
     Missiles from a gunshot, go splat on our stairs.

     Somewhere not far groans of pain pierce the night.
     Sounds of the night deliver their plight.

About this poem

The residue of a noisy and sleepless night.

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Written on September 12, 2022

Submitted by compostken on September 29, 2022

Modified by compostken on October 05, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X AA BB CC DD EE
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 555
Words 95
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
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