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A Portrait of Paris

Cheryl Newton

Beautiful, like a portrait of Paris

Her strength will be in my running shoes
Her compassion through my hands
Her forgiveness my every thawing out

the petals falling down

Her splendor with every breath I take
To learn a way to love myself
 and steel like covers round

I trace the lines of her embrace
 to find the means to not erase

The solid in my ground
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X XXX X XXA BB A
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 344
Words 67
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 1, 3, 2, 1
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Cheryl Newton

I have been seriously writing poetry since I was in my early twenties. I am 38 now. I write in my down time. By day I am a busy oncology nurse. At night I turn into a delicious poetress."Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.” ~AristotleThis is only a very small selection of my poems. I have written over 100 (and counting) Love that there is such a great venue as this for those of us who are so creative. =) POETS ROCK! more…

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