Earthbound Paradise



Ruby red sapphire blue blossoms stand,
    in the diamond stream,
        little silver fishes play.

on a sky of robin's shell,
    Cotton puffs of cloud,
        golden gobs of sunlight glow.

Jade jewels of verdant green,
    along broad banks,
        of mink made, grow.

Ermine blasts of petals,
    lie beneath the shadowed shade,
        of tawny trees.

The pulchritude of paradise on earth,
    in my mind's eye clearly seen,
        since birth.
            visited only in a dream.

sometimes no what the time words
flow. © 30 mins ago, Terence Cummings Smith    nature   
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Written on February 09, 2023

Submitted by on February 09, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XAX XXB CXB XXX DCDA XXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 596
Words 111
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3

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