Mr. Wilkerson
My grandpa,
a man the world
has never before seen,
a man who keeps
his clocks all ticking
at exactly the right time.
With his Altoids
and tying string,
he has touched
the very essence
of soul after soul,
cutting right to
the heart,
nurturing and growing it
just like the vegetables,
their green heads peeking
up out of the soil
fertilized by his very hands.
Standing tall
I look up to him,
the patriarch of all
I’ve ever known.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 408 |
| Words | 80 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 22 |
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