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Overcome

Barry W Smith 1963 (Laon)

April 23 
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I sit through the storm
With coffee in hand
Thinking of life
And all I had planned

Long were the hours
I worked this farm hard
Now counting the cost
As my fields are all scarred

The hopes that was there
Now lost in a night
The strength to survive
Will come with a fight

But of all that is lost
From a life working dirt
Your hand in my hand
Overcomes any hurt.

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Farming hard some times you win a lot you don't.

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Written on April 20, 2023

Submitted by baways on April 24, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC XDAD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 364
Words 79
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
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