Shards
Aline Murray Kilmer 1888 (Norfolk) – 1941
I can never remake the thing I have destroyed;
I brushed the golden dust from the moth’s bright wing,
I called down wind to shatter the cherry-blossoms,
I did a terrible thing.
I feared that the cup might fall, so I flung it from me;
I feared that the bird might fly, so I set it free;
I feared that the dam might break, so I loosed the river:
May its waters cover me.
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Submitted by naama on July 13, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XAXA BBXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 375 |
Words | 74 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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