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Of Life With Death

Ewan Hartnell 2002 (Vancouver)

Free verse
Death, though busy, takes time to chat
Shakes hands with guests, staff
Waltzes with the heirs, kings
Clasps hands with friends, allies
Steals a kiss from us all eventually
Yet our gentle brushes against their cloak
Remembered most in our blinks of life

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In life we meet death, though casually

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Written on April 13, 2022

Submitted by Ewanhartnell185 on March 25, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEFG
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 252
Words 43
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
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Ewan Hartnell

Born in Vancouver, BC, Canada in 2002, Hartnell fell in love with romance and the concept of poetry. An avid reader and writer, he has been pursuing poetry since his teenage years. more…

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