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Amulets

Idell Gatchell

Your eyes
like turquoise camel beads
smooth polished stones
tumbled in oceans of tears
ward off evil spirits
whispering and leering 'round icy columned
bedposts

I hide in venetian-blinded sleep
peering at the shadows winking and
smirking in nightmares

You smooth out my dreams
like wrinkled sheets

I dive beneath the cliffs of dawn
down to the caves of slumber
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXBXXA XXB XX XX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 347
Words 60
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 7, 3, 2, 2
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