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Run

Run 1988 (Stuttgart)

December 23 
Free verse
Run

Run, run, run come and play!

Measure me daddy,
I’m to your chin.
Cuddle me too,
I’m the same as you.

Candy worm on a fishing rod,
Cast your line for a Swedish fish.
Running on empty,
You’re no use to anyone.

Chutes and Ladders,
They wish to play.
Your mind so dizzy,
Maybe another day.

Run, run, run away and why?

About this poem

The tension of being a parent and adult from the child’s vantage point. Of being pulled in so many different directions with the passage of time.

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Written on December 16, 2023

Submitted by Jacobbenjaminray on December 16, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A BXCC XXBX XABA X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 328
Words 81
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 1
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Penning my creative insecurities with the parallel of discovery in this beautiful and tragic life. more…

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