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Mary Oliver Missed.

Douglas Blair 1951 (London)

Rhymed
Just read one by Mary
Respectful, airy
And blessed with a pace
We now don’t see.
In Nature she exults
The quiet calm results
In purposeful visits
Filled with glee.
Around the corner might
A whistling mallard bright
Or fawn tucked in the grasses
Timidly.

About this poem

Tribute to Mary Oliver. Died in her eighties in 2019. Just having read one here entitled How I Go to the Woods.

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Written on January 27, 2023

Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 27, 2023

Modified by dougb.72572 on January 27, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABACCDAEEFA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 255
Words 47
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
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Douglas Blair

Blogging poems since 2008. Once a lawyer in general practice. Then 32 years as Shipper in a heavy metal fabricating plant. Retired 2022. Married and father of two. Poet. Hiker. Harmonica Busker. Gospel enthusiast. Photographer. http://shootdempix.blogspot.com/ more…

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