My Souls Asylum



In the middle of the stream
  there rests an island

Where hopes and wishes dock
  just out of reach

At the end of every dream
  my souls asylum

Each memory harbored safe
  —along its beach

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2018)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on December 22, 2018

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AX XB AX XB X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 223
Words 39
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1

Kurt Philip Behm

Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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