Still
My breath leaves a trail in the chill of midnight
The shadowed earth painted in pallid moonlight
The wind sings a song lacking rhythm or rhyme
I’m here all alone in this stillness of mine
I whistle along to the angular tune
That rises and falls like the Nyiri dunes
the song staggers on irregardless of time
While here all alone in this stillness of mine
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Submitted by Jordan123phillips on January 20, 2023
Modified on April 12, 2023
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| Scheme | AABC XXBC |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 358 |
| Words | 68 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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