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Like Steel

Naomi Fowke

Like steel
Forged
In the fire
Of adversity
Remember
That
You are strong
You are strong

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Written in 2003

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Submitted by nfowke on September 09, 2023

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Scheme abcdceFF
Characters 90
Words 19
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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  • Vixility
    Vixility
    Again, volumes and volumes of meaning that one can elicit from a poem whose brevity is but a pen stroke … perfect.
    LikeReply7 months ago
    • nfowke
      nfowke
      Thank you.
      This poem was written and gifted to someone who at that time was experiencing a season of immense psychological and emotional pressure. I wanted to write something that was short enough for them to memorise and hopefully be able to draw on and find inner strength from.

      I have given these words as a gift to other since, who find themselves in similar circumstances.       
      LikeReply 17 months ago
    • Vixility
      Vixility
      That display of kindness and use of poetry … beautiful is too poor a word to describe it. Warms my heart to hear …
      LikeReply7 months ago

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