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Promise land

Brett Parsons 2003 (United States)

Acrostic
I'll keep on rollin', 'til the end of the line
And hold onto the love, that keeps me alive
I'm just a man, with a guitar in my hand
Singing songs 'bout life, love, and the promised land

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My poem is about leaving my hometown and my family behind to better myself

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Written on September 18, 2023

Submitted by Brettp3272 on September 18, 2023

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Scheme ABCC
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 185
Words 38
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
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