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Stepping....

JESUS BETANCOURT 1955 (New York)

Rhymed
My feet felt different every place I went
Visiting each worldwide walkable city
Marched like a grenadier from London to Kent
On the streets of Paris I'd flânerie

In Denmark I lugged my Lego legs
Stepping carefully through gardens of Tivoli
Strolling Amsterdam in clogs everyone begs
For a light shoe to put on their footsie

Almost every town that is rainy
Galoshes are a prerequisite
Before stepping in Hilo Hawaii
Made sure I wore flip flops that fit

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Written on December 26, 2023

Submitted on December 26, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAX CBCC BXBX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 454
Words 81
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
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  • luisestable1
    luisestable1
    A marvelous poem this is. It is to be admired how the writing handles the visiting of each city and it does it with good verse.
    The rhyme-scheme is perfect and makes the poem better which is a thing not said of many who try to rhyme. Often they do not know how to do it well. That is not the case here.
    A pleasure to read! 
    LikeReply4 months ago

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