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Tin-canned Ashes

Sheri Miller 1948 (South Carolina)

Free verse
Tin-canned Ashes

Told you once, twice, three
Times again haul my tin-canned
ashes up, way up north, northwest
of San Francisco to Point Reyes.

JESUS CHRIST, Nature’s toast to
the beginning and end of me.

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Written on March 29, 2023

Submitted on March 30, 2023

Modified on April 07, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXX XA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 207
Words 38
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 2
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Sheri Miller

Born a Capricorn. As a child, the written word provided me respite from abusive parents. I’m in love with the emotionally-powerful impact of language…the words we use and those we don’t. more…

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