2020/08/27 ~ Halfmoon
Cheyenne Seaman 2003 (Philadelphia)
Waxing half-moon overhead
And not a cloud dances in the sky.
As many get ready for bed,
I bet almost none watch the moon float by.
Way out in the countryside,
Two sway under the moonlight
To a tune, only a lover's heart can hear.
Crickets play a song for the only souls in sight
While to illuminate their night.
The half-moon shines near.
In the mounts where the rivers flow,
There lies a camp where the weary rest.
The moon holds out her arms,
Comfort to show.
For with a mother's embrace,
She always does her best.
When the light shines worldwide
Upon the beaten and the unharmed,
Upon all that run this race,
Her gentle comfort will nobody protest.
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Submitted by RoseofVenus on January 05, 2021
Modified by RoseofVenus on August 15, 2021
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 633 |
Words | 120 |
Stanzas | 20 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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