Fog

Milka Bachman 1972 (Santa Clara)



I am a forest of winter fog

Frost frozen in the stillness

I am simple, elemental wind

compelled by the warmth of your fire...
  slowly -   falling -  
          in rhythm
with the melody of you
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Written on August 17, 2022

Submitted by mjbachman2 on August 17, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X XXXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 196
Words 40
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 4

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