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Aaron Wayne 1947 (Florida)



They're all working hard in the hospital's bowels,
with kindness and caring and sterile white towels.

They fight off our maladies, fevers and curses.
They're our guardian angels -

                   ... also called Nurses.
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Submitted on April 21, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA XA X
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 218
Words 32
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1

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  • roksana_s
    I love this poem. Short and sweet, very well written.
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