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Magic Carpet Ride

Gunnar Burton 1964 (Colorado Springs)

Haiku
Writing at my desk
Trade sadness for magic thread
Carpet ride with me?

About this poem

My first haiku and one of my first poems. It was written to woo a lady I met online.

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Written on July 26, 2020

Submitted by Wryting on January 28, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Scheme ABC
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 70
Words 13
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
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Gunnar Burton

I live in Pueblo, Colorado am 58 years old, and have practiced writing off and on (mostly off) for 40 years. Only now have I felt myself ready to publish. more…

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