A Cloudless Sky



A cloudless sky, except for some.

Whose lives will soon be undone.

These clouds, these lives so very brief
 
shed being as vapors cease

to grant their souls the needed breath

that detains the realm of death.

About this poem

These words came to my mind when I was in the Army driving in a U.S. Army truck to pick up some supplies in Illinois on a beautiful summer day.

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Written on July 17, 1955

Submitted by petermurray on November 03, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X X A A
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 211
Words 44
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Peter M. Murray

B.S. and MBA from Marquette University. ('54 & '60) Retired purchasing director since 1996 more…

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