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A Gray Morning

Douglas Blair 1951 (London)

Free verse
All seems darkened

November's closet.

Screaming, dying

Leaves most down.

Muffled clothes put on.

And night begins the Job

And ends it.

But inside a peculiar

Intimacy and comfort.

Home. Irreplaceable.

Sheltering.

And talk runs sweet.

Children at one's feet.

Noel ahead.

And friends well fed.
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Written on December 12, 2022

Submitted by dougb.72572 on December 12, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X X X X X A A X
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 304
Words 70
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
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Douglas Blair

Blogging poems since 2008. Once a lawyer in general practice. Then 32 years as Shipper in a heavy metal fabricating plant. Retired 2022. Married and father of two. Poet. Hiker. Harmonica Busker. Gospel enthusiast. Photographer. http://shootdempix.blogspot.com/ more…

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