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From A Distance

CJ KURTZ 1972 (Brooklyn)

Free verse
For what it's worth
If it's worth
Anything at all
I wanted
To let you know
That someone
In this world
Saw you from a distance
And thought that
You were beautiful

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A love poem written for the woman who works at the T Mobile.

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Written on August 25, 2023

Submitted by Drckurtz on September 01, 2023

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Scheme AABCDEFGHI
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 162
Words 33
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
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CJ KURTZ

The poet was born in NY in the early 70d. He is now professor of literature and philosophy in the American Southwest. more…

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