A Queue in Heaven



Before the day broke with breath
Death travelled from underneath
And broke the lands zigzaggedly
It gladly swallowed souls excessively
Victims woke up in a queue in Heaven
They didn't buy the tickets beforehand
Death suddenly brought its free train
To take them unprepared in pain
And shortened their dreams in February  
In the guise of nature's fury
The grounds moved in Syria
The grounds ran in Turkey
And cut the tape in the mortal race
Not after over thirty-three thousand athletes had fallen behind.

About this poem

The earthquake in Turkey and Syria, 2023.

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Written on February 12, 2023

Submitted by sam_edmund on February 12, 2023

Modified on March 10, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCCDEFFGGHGIJ
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 508
Words 89
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

Samuel Adegbembo

Samuel Adegbembo is a school teacher of English and Literature. He hopes to publish his collection of poems this year (2021). more…

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