Oft Times



Oft times,
The smallest of things
Are the biggest of all

Oft times,
The softer you land
The harder you fall

Oft times,
Life is a present
Tied with ribbon and lace

Oft times,
The one’s you ignored
In your dreams have a face

Oft times,
The beginning and end
Join together attached

Oft times,
Those doors that you locked
With new love come unlatched

Oft times,
The family lost
In new loyalty found

Oft times,
The things that you're not
  —free your world to go round

(Airplane To Las Vegas: August 1, 2015)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on January 25, 2019

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Axb Acb Axd Axd Axx Axc Axe Axe x
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 484
Words 94
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1

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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