COULD HAVE DONE

Paul L. Clevenger 1959 (Lima, Ohio)



      COULD HAVE DONE

WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE
IF WE COULD HAVE ONLY KNEW
COULD HAVE PLANTED TREES OF GREEN
AND SAILED THE OCEAN BLUE
COULD HAVE CLIMBED THE SMOKEY MOUNTAINS
PICKED STARS FROM UP ABOVE
LISTENED TO EACH OTHERS STORIES
THE ONES THAT SHARE OUR LOVE
WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE
IF WE COULD HAVE ONLY KNEW
OUR TIME WAS ONLY HOURS
AND THOSE WHERE JUST A FEW
WE COULD HAVE HUGGED EACH OTHER
AND LAUGHED AND LAUGHED ALL DAY
AND LISTENED TO EACH OTHER
WHATEVER WE HAD TO SAY
WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE
IF WE COULD HAVE ONLY KNEW
I'D WANT MORE TIME FOR SPENDING
THAT TIME I'D SPEND WITH YOU

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Written on July 12, 1999

Submitted by pclevenger1 on March 05, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme a ABxbxcxcABxbdedeABxb
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 590
Words 115
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 20

Paul L. Clevenger

Wrote poem when very young. Wrote a few more over the years. Never got heavy into poetry but really enjoyed it as a pass time more…

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