A Shadow Beautiful
How can I write a shadow beautiful?
It is elusive, haunting as old verse.
The wind transcribes the dusk upon pale leaves.
I touch your hand to prove the mood is real.
A cloud or two portends day's epitaph.
Friend, linger takes us where all lyrics go.
The picture is an echo of itself.
No sound is needed to configure song.
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Submitted by naheed.virk on March 14, 2022
Modified on April 25, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 331 |
Words | 70 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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