If Only



If only to write the way
  a new wave breaks


If only to write the way
  a rainbow forms

If only to write the way
  the moonlight calls

If only to write the way
  a baby’s born

If only to write the way
  the dawn explodes


If only to write the way
  a mountain stares

If only to write the way
  a rose unfurls


If only to write the way
 —God’s love we share


(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2017)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on July 03, 2017

Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on April 29, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Ab Ax Ax Ax Ax Ax Ab Ax x
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 409
Words 90
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1

Kurt Philip Behm

Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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  • jennifert.99162
    Beautifully written
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • Dougla$Irishman
    If Only, a poem meant for all of us, what could have been, never was !
    Are we thinkers and dreamers in life ?
    LikeReply1 year ago

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