Up , Up , and Away



On a breezy day early in spring ,
At the end of quite a long string ,
Flew a girl's favorite box kite ,
It climbed to such great height ,
That a jet found it caught on its wing .

About this poem

T'was penned by myself to underscore that we all have a MOTHER and all mothers were once young girls , with dreams . My mother passed before I wrote this limerick which uses every letter of the alphabet . I think my "totalphabetical" limerick is unique in that sense .

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Written on February 02, 2020

Submitted by fortinjeanmarc187 on January 13, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABBA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 179
Words 40
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5

Jean-Marc Fortin

All of my 70 years , I have lived in Canada's National Capital , Ottawa , where my long list of methods of earning a living ended with a 35 year stint employed as a warehouseman at Queensway Carleton Hospital more…

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    Somewhat succinct in composition ...
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