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Princess in Sneakers

Linda Williams 1950 (Hollywood)

Free verse
She has the sky, the moon
And the sea in her eyes.

Her favorite thing to do~
Is to be surprised.

She sparkles,
I must confess,

As she dresses in
Sneakers and a princess dress

She loves to dance and run~
She shines so like the sun.

What I am trying
To say…

Is that she’s amazing
In every way.

About this poem

It’s about one of my granddaughters. It was a magical time, she was between a little girl and an adolescent

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Written on August 10, 2023

Submitted by Toomerlin on August 10, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XX XX XA XA BB CD CD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 302
Words 71
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
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