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Tic Tock

John Lowe

Tic tock, tic tock
I have writers block.
Every time a write a poem.
All the them are so boring.

So I decided to try this one.
And make it a little fun.
I hope that this will cure me.
I guess I'll have to wait and see.
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Submitted by Brokenoifvet on September 30, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAXX BBCC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 210
Words 48
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
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John Lowe

I rode as a bullrider on the pro rodeo circut for several years.I also was deployed to Iraq four times during OIF and was injured 3 times.My poems come from the heart break of being apart and the love of what I do and have done. more…

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