Thought For A Sunshiny Morning



It costs me never a stab nor squirm
To tread by chance upon a worm.
"Aha, my little dear," I say,
"Your clan will pay me back one day."

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 19, 2023

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Scheme AABB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 140
Words 33
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker was an American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles. more…

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