The Playhouse



Aisles of love
Bewait me in my toybox;
A sphere of crying angels
Sing the abc's
At night, the aisles are dark enough
To bewed black lace...
I grow older.
Older than the oldest stone;
And I knock down my block tower
That I made all alone...
And I grow in fascination
Of fearless faith,
Till I journey all of the unknown
And find one unanswered question
On my doorstep;
So young, love has seen me,
Running, but not hiding
In the playhouse...
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

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Scheme ABBBCBDEDEFGEFHIJB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 422
Words 83
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18

Christine Elaine Gwaltney

Born 11/28/1966 Passaic, NJI grew up in a small town northeastern PA. Poetry is my first love. I am inspired by Keats, Shelley, Wordsworth, Donne. I feel misplaced in this time. I long for the 1800's. I hope you enjoy my poetry as much as I do. Much of what I say is mostly unspoken.... more…

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