Gardening Day

Cas Wilson 1999 (United States)



He had never known kindness

From another human being.

The gentle touch,

the healing love,

all were mysteries uncharted.

He couldn't understand

any of it

because all of his roses

had come with thorns

and the gardening hadn't

even started.
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Written on January 04, 2024

Submitted by LadyPhantasmagoria on January 06, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X X X X X X X X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 252
Words 59
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Cas Wilson

Cas Wilson is a twenty-something history and book nerd living in Pennsylvania with their partner. They have been devouring books their entire life with no plans to stop anytime soon. more…

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