Wars and Rumors of Wars

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



Battles in New Mexico
Life in a house of death
We pray we’ll have Thanksgiving
Even with our final breath

There are many demons
In a land they call enchantment
Anger, envy, bitter strife
And most of all resentment

But this is where I need to be
Until I overcome them
The battles rage inside my gates
So, I cannot run from them
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Written on October 01, 2016

Submitted by dawg4jesus on August 17, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 330
Words 65
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

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