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Heaven's Might

Cameron Hardenburg 2002

The blackened earth like a blanket lay,
Upon a body lowered from birth,
And atop its grave the ravens play,
The scent of death, a vulture's mirth.

The standing trees in the breeze still sway,
And among this corpse persists the sound,
Of a beating heart, death has yet to slay,
The might of life from heaven’s ground.
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Written on April 25, 2023

Submitted by Hardenburg on April 25, 2023

Modified on May 02, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB ACAC
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 320
Words 66
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
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  • CarolDavidson
    CarolDavidson
    In all your poems, I see pain from the loss of a child. In this one I read hope, for though the body is buried and the world goes on, the heart of the corpse still beats in Heaven. I pray you keep this hope. We will see them again some day. It does get easier to bear. 
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