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One's Life

Tesfaye Waktola (Tewabe) 1973 (Addis Ababa)

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ONE'S LIFE
''All roads lead to Rome.''
''Rome was not built in one day'',
''Roma's Fall'',
These will happen on mortals all.

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it was copyrighted here with your site in2012. and become a semi finalist, having said an Editor's choice winner with Howard Ely signature. and dedicated to the king of Marathon Abebe Bikila's Victory in Rome.

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Written on December 12, 2007

Submitted by Tewabe on January 31, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCDD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 124
Words 25
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
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Tesfaye Waktola (Tewabe)

born in Addis Ababa, lived in Nazareth, Ethiopia. as man of literature, he read and write and also teach how to be writer for younger generations. fond of English poetry, love to read Edgar Allan Poe's short stories, practice theater. more…

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