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Walking The Line

Kurt Philip Behm

Walking the line,
each step was measured
—and long

Walking the line,
the memories strung together
—in song

Walking the line,
the time seemed forever
—to last

Walking the line,
the future so distant
—from the past

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2015)
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Submitted by Kurt Philip Behm on August 08, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Axb Acb Acd Axd x
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 251
Words 41
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 1
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Kurt Philip Behm

Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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