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What the World Needs Now

Criss F Rosenlof

What the world needs now is love.
Love is something from above.
Love is sweet, love is kind
Love is sometimes hard to find.
Although it's sometimes hard to love
You'll get blessings from above.  

©Criss F. Rosenlof 1976
I wrote this when I was 7 years old for a "Reflections" contest. It took Honorable Mention.
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Scheme AABBAA AX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 323
Words 57
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 2
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Criss F Rosenlof

 · 1969 · Utah

Criss has been writing poetry since a "Reflections" contest in the second grade. He has been married for over 30 years as of this writing, and has 4 children, and 8 grandchildren. more…

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