An Affair Between the Earth and Sky
Sky eye, so high, flutters like birds between
shadows flicking over earthen crevasses,
open to such advances. This hunger, apparent.
The landscape, licked by clouds, slides slowly
along under the sky's forceful hand. Lightly
brushing along this ground, the air fills
with the sweet smell of fruit-just-picked,
blackberries bursting, ah, on the tongue,
neatly between the clouds, its teeth bared
and ready to devour anything.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XAX BBA XXX X |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 415 |
Words | 65 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 1 |
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