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What Of Us Now

Michael Walker

blossom from the work of field hand
itself stained by others...
vision twisted, sister, daughter, turned away from face...
only the innocent know how it plays out.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 160
Words 27
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
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Michael Walker

61, Midwest USA, Veteran, ex-cop, writer (got a BA in film to be a better writer for the industry), poet, lyricist, just finished a sci-fi novella, working on a horror novella, waiting until after the November elections to do the final edit on a non-fiction book that's anti-politics and anti IRS - currently 444 pages. Did numerous positions with Live TV working with the Big 10 and ESPN - always liked Camera #4 position, right on the field with the action up close and personal. Soon to be a great grandfather. Damn... more…

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