'Fall'
When geese fly south, and skies turn grey
Echoes of children, who chose to stay
Outside, still taunt me.
Dinner bells ring, and church choirs sing
But that burnt-leaf smell still
Lingers... to haunt me.
I remember the year when I just wore a sheet
My Halloween costume
To hide I'd been beat
And I still remember 'Bazooka Joe'
To the rescue.
The tastes and the smells, of a little kid's tales,
Paint a fresco...
'Mighty Mouse' was always on his way
But 'Little Joe' always saved the day
The 'Twilight Zone', beckoned me to stay
So I did...
And even as a little kid, I shifted zones, and often hid
Behind white sheets, in the 'Twilight Zone'
The ghostly figure, of
A child alone
60 years later, that burning-leaf smell
Reminds me of 'Bazooka', and those years spent in hell...
And the geese flying south, and the skies turning grey
Are not very far away.
.
Those memories from a child all alone...
Are never very far away...
About this poem
Sketchy reminders of my childhood...
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Submitted by lovingempath on July 30, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAB XXB CXC DXXD AAAE EFXF GGAA FA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 931 |
Words | 187 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 7 |
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