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Found

Nicholas Sheehan

Acclaimed, I'm not, for written word.
Known only by my loved ones eyes.
My gift hid well,
amongst strangers words,
trapped in mountains of unseen tries.
Still kept alive by hope and want.
Believing hard my rightful place.
The written words, I now scroll,
continue on to prove my case.

When then shall I, my fortune hold?
My rightful place in life secure?
I set in ink and pen my plea,
your eyes seek I to take my lure.
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Submitted by nicholass.78787 on September 02, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXXAXBXB XCXC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 406
Words 79
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 9, 4
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Nicholas Sheehan

Married with children, and grandchildren. My poetry seems like automatic writing. I seem to feel the first line and the rest unfolds in front of me, a little tweeking and whalla, it's finished. more…

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