Castor Lake



Early one morning
By the water’s edge, neatly gnawed
Sticks and poles are stacked
Carefully. A wooden lodge
Best built by busy beavers!

About this poem

On a daybreak walk to a nearby lake, I discovered new inhabitants had moved in.

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Written on December 20, 2022

Submitted by BDFRichmond on December 20, 2022

Modified on April 10, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 138
Words 24
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5

Brian D.F. Richmond

Brian D.F. Richmond lives in the Allegany Mountains, deep in the embarace of nature. Now freed from the 9-to-5 rat race, he focuses on music, storytelling, organic gardening and poetry. more…

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