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Old Wise Man

Rita Hannele Hawi

Old Wise Man

He has humor in his eyes
more than regular person
twice.
He has power reflecting
from his eyes
because he is so
wise.

His eyes are full of
sorrow
because he cares of
tomorrow

His eyes are full of
tender
because he doesn't know
what is anger

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Submitted on May 01, 2011

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Scheme x axxxaba Cbcb Cdbd
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 238
Words 50
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 7, 4, 4
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Rita Hannele Hawi

First book published 2001-Conversations with Shulamit Winner with a poem Deep Emotions-September 2008 Today's Woman Winner December 2008 with a poem The real Message of Christmas Today's Woman more…

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