The Cemetery On Broad Street
My eyes never blink,
Sight the black-pointed tips;
Iron-like spear-heads
Reminding me the way
To Heaven;
Then the gray-passed Fall
Settles in the crevices,
And fills the brain-cracks
Painting this,
This master canvas;
See the Stones creeping up
Like soldiers without bones;
All crooked and pale,
Like fog dreams faking
A vague mystery...
Then my eyes like half-moons
Squint cold tears as I blow
And wish the winter away
Just to read them.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 420 |
Words | 73 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 9 |
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