To My Mother
Melita Catalina Warren 1949 (Kansas)
Love grounded us when we were adrift.
It freed this captive from jail.
Our footprints through a snowdrift
Mark a tried-and-true trail.
As sands through an hourglass sift,
We ‘carry on’ without fail.
I treasure your smile and wit
Which enabled us to happily sail.
Keep blessing us with your special gift,
Fresh as a summer’s gale.
Together we forget troubles, mend any rift,
Spin a mighty ‘whale of a tale’!
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Submitted by MelitaCatWarren.09350 on May 04, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | AB AB AB XB AB AB |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 405 |
| Words | 71 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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