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An Angel's Tears

Alex Ann Barnwell

Tears from an angel,
Come down from heaven,
Pore rain across the land,
Sadly mistaken for rain,
Catching everything in its drift,
Like a flood,
A flood of sadness,
A flood of pain,
A flood of tears,
A flood of rain.
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Submitted on December 17, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEFGDHD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 206
Words 41
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
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