Ambition

Peter Gartner 1963 (Manchester)



Ambition is a solid rock,
We smash our hopes against,
The captain of our ship,
Runs us aground.

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A short poem about the nature of ambition.

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Written on September 11, 2023

Submitted by petergartner on September 11, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 103
Words 21
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

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