Related Events

Perry Campanella 1948 (FL)



He looked me down,
    In my home, we trembled
Instinctively can see what's up
   never, risking to a sweat,

           Fearful for my wife,
 family, never show, to be intimidated,
 for any tear, may lose, give up my life
  I clearly liked this invader not,

   So he shivered like a feral cat
 our memories in hand, now his loot,
 spotted burglar, swiftly ran like a rat
  only armed with my work boot,

                 Hero nay
to save what would have happen,
 should a knife or pistol present
 I say, better to live another day
        Dad's invasion story,
vacation, our children absent,
  my short account of events
shall scar, will all remember?
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Submitted by PoetPerryCampanella on May 27, 2017

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Scheme XXXX AXAX BCBC DXEDXEXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 631
Words 109
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 8

Perry Campanella

I first started writing songs, so I thought - at ten years-old ( so young ) I didn't let anyone see them and burned all for a great fire. I was later encouraged to write by a nun - a Catholic nun, whom did hear me singing while washing pots n pans, after which she provided me a slice of her pie and saidyou need to join our choir for the talent you have needs not pots n pans to drown-out your lovely voice; Shy then and now I did as she asked; So she would come -by to hear me sing. after which another slice of pie would be offered. We would sit together and write poetry and to this day I haven't washed a single pot or pan! Though I'll bet-ya I can "spot a poem to pen" more…

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