Two Kinds



Flowing green limbs
shady dark days
shining wet grass
foggy grey haze.

Over-grown roots
puddles turned dark
patters of rain
leaving their mark.

Shadows from clouds
starry night skies
rolling steep hills
calling birds fly.

Never look down
hating the grey
always take joy
living each day.
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Submitted on November 12, 2013

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Scheme XAXA XBXB XXXX XCXC
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 271
Words 47
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

Dana Lyndon

I write poems when they pop into my head. I never have to force it, usually when I can't sleep at night, something just pops into my head and I go with it. more…

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