Suckling from a grand mind
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
Little words come from big minds
Good ones aren't that hard to find
The return of the paints
A picture in three strokes I can paint
But my words are like ants today
Scattering everywhere then reaching home
But straying from the point
In need of ointment
To gel the blood to my exposed knee
Then a mild cup of honey tea
Is that all the milk I can take
Before I think this poem is a big mistake?
God's mission is so subtle
Like an edited poem making us full
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Written on February 17, 2023
Submitted by heathert.34240 on February 17, 2023
Modified by heathert.34240 on February 17, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIIJJKL |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 457 |
| Words | 94 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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