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Freedom

Clara B. Ray

Freedom. It sought to escape,
for it wanted to walk the plains
of blueberry sweetened farms.

To float freestyle in oceanic waters,
feeling buoyancy beneath
the frailty of human arms.

To aviate cumulus humilis clouds
in powder blue heights,
counting the stars in a soft, velvet night.

It sought to escape,
for it wanted to watch new generations
of laughing children frolic and play.

And it said to its heart...
show me the way. Freedom.

God bless America, USA.

©Clara B. Ray
07-03-10

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Submitted on March 10, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXB XXB XXX AXC XX C CX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 467
Words 83
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 1, 2
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Clara B. Ray

Clara B. Ray is an Amateur Creative Writer, and a Free Verse Poet, who has been writing poetry for about two years.She writes about many topics, including those that share her experiences & recovery as an Adult Survivor of Child Abuse, a teen alcoholic, and an advocate for domestic violence & sexual assault survivors. Divinity poetry is also one of her favorites.Now 53 years old, Clara takes pride in being a Free Verse Poet, who also embraces all genres of poetry, & has enjoyed adding iambic sonnets, cinquains, tankas & haikus to her collection. more…

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