A Hero



Outside I heard quite a lot of sound.
There was a group of folks on the ground.
They were all looking up in the sky.
I could not help but wonder why.

I walked out and looked up to see.
And up in the oak was a little kitty.
Up high in the tree I did climb.
Then suddenly I slipped on some slime.

On a little branch I got caught.
And it did indeed rip my shorts off.
What a great hero I was going to be.
But I ended up naked in a tree!
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Submitted by Brokenoifvet on September 30, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABB CCDD XXCC
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 422
Words 96
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

John Lowe

I rode as a bullrider on the pro rodeo circut for several years.I also was deployed to Iraq four times during OIF and was injured 3 times.My poems come from the heart break of being apart and the love of what I do and have done. more…

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