My Heart To Chime
Poor in stock yet rich in spirit,
my clock does bow and sway
In rags and tatters all unstitched,
with joy do I still pray
My flesh is weak, my home now burnt
just embers to remind
Within this trouble and burning ash,
on the hour
—my heart still chimes
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)
‘From The Book Of Prayers’
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on January 22, 2019
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 333 |
Words | 59 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 3, 2 |
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