Child in the Sand {Haiku}



lone child sits on beach
surrounded by seagulls near
blue ocean and skies

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Submitted on May 01, 2011

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Scheme ABC
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 78
Words 14
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3

Linda D. Blakely

I was born in West Virginia and raised in Kentucky. I've been writing poetry since high school and have been in many poetry circles on the internet. I am known in these circles as the "legendarylinda". I have won contests, received medals and many other merits for my poetry. I would love to travel and see the world. My hero is Jesus Christ. I wish to dedicate this book to my parents and all my friends everywhere in the world. ~Peace Legendary Linda more…

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