Count To Three
Robert loughran 1962 (Ireland)
Count to three.
Then let it be.
Exactly as it is.
Don't stir the soup.
Don't make a loop,
a circuit of complexities.
Don't drag the past,
with memory blast,
a distortion in reality.
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Written on April 23, 2024
Submitted by robertl.92681 on April 23, 2024
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| Scheme | AABCCDEEA |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 181 |
| Words | 42 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
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