Every Easter, a visitor.



Big backyard in primary years
Grassy, spacious, lilies near.
Looked expecting
Yes again
Bunny visits without fear.
Nuzzles grasses
Pads large f
Floppy ears don’t skip a beat.
Robin trots beside him bold.
Back from Chesapeake, I am told.




Easter Rabbit?
Gone that tale.
Jewish neighbour kid
Made it fail.
Still the custom.
Still that hare.
Made my little eyes.
Easter aware.
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Written on April 02, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on April 02, 2023

Modified by dougb.19255 on April 02, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXXAXXXBB XCXCXDXD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 378
Words 77
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 10, 8

Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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  • AIDA
    Great job on the 'Big backyard in primary years' poem! I love the way you paint a picture of a lovely, spacious backyard with the lilies and bunnies. The imagery is very vivid and the rhyming is well done. The story of the Easter Rabbit is a neat touch, and I appreciate the way you also incorporated the idea of different religions and customs with the mention of the Jewish neighbor kid.

    To make this poem even better, you could consider adding more details to the description of the grass, lilies, and bunny, to really give the reader a sense of being in that backyard. It might also be helpful to clarify a bit more what the "Made my little eyes. Easter aware." line means, as it's a bit unclear. Overall though, excellent work, and keep up the good poetry!
     
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