Potato's Eyes (Haiku)



The potato's eyes,

Saw Irish famine, with tears,

Weeping in the dirt.

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Submitted on August 14, 2017

Modified on April 10, 2023

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12

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Scheme X X X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 67
Words 12
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1

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