The Moment
Derrick E Carey 1981 (Sarasota)
Lying and gazing
Into a cloudless sky
On the white sand beaches
Of home
I have just watched day turn to night
And now a full moon
Illuminates the sky
The nocturnal creatures
Have awakened
And the tides have changed
The nocturnal creatures
Feast into the night
And hunt across
The slow rolling tides...
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Written on February 18, 2023
Submitted by DerrickECarey on February 18, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 304 |
| Words | 57 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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