Cherry Plum



A sour pie in the June sun baked at noon,

Who would have guessed that pie was made of plum.

Beside it lay a coconut that was hairy, lazy and dumb.

The smart green herb sprouted in victory.

With that the pie turned into a cherry!
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Written on July 19, 2023

Submitted by valzgoogl3 on August 23, 2023

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Scheme X A A B B
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 232
Words 54
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Valerie Blackburn

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