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Smallholder's tale

Oleg Rasheed Tucs

Not a tradesman, not a farmer,
Not a teacher, not a shrink
Made of dreams and breezy summer
Still unsure how to think

I’m guiding bees to flowers
I’m helping grass to grow
If you ask me how I do it –
Not a clue, no way to know

I’m a brownie or a banshee
I can sit or fly or stand
I’m the world forever growing
Flesh and blood of ancient land

About this poem

Living on the land, off the land and with the land. Or being the land itself.

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Written on March 04, 2024

Submitted by olegs_r on March 04, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB XCXC XDXD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 354
Words 77
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
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