Earth's Last Breath
Diminos 2005 (New York)
O’ lonely stone, lying there;
Once a mountain you did wear;
People went to stop and stare,
But now your earth is cold and bare.
O’ mighty oak, so tall and grim;
Did they go to chop and trim?
And turn you soft and cut you slim,
Until there stands a mound of limb?
O’ reckless rapids, whirling fast;
We all know you were harassed;
If you stop, we raise the mast!
Take a moment, let time pass;
And last of all, the bitter breeze;
Called out to skylines, moaning please;
Quarried, rotting, and disease;
Nature died with one last wheeze.
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Submitted by Diminos on February 26, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 523 |
Words | 101 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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