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Couplet : Iambic Tetrameter
10.26.14

Child

Before I even watched your birth,
I had already failed you first.

Collecting bones in closets damned.
To proxies labor done withstand.

Mistakes go down with Jacks and cokes.
A childhood ends in perished hopes.

The years apart we will to stand.
Regret to always catch the man.

My sorrow carving name in stone,
A Father never dies alone.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Ward Avatar
October 25, 2015 at 1:20 AM
A sad poem, well written.
Dietrich Avatar
April 11, 2015 at 11:08 PM
Rob, I found another one of yours down here that I had not seen yet. It is really good because it sets a tone that is so sad and carries that feeling to the very end. Awesome final couplet! I see it won a contest. Belated Congrats to you.
Mehta Avatar
November 8, 2014 at 6:58 AM
A sad write, congrats on the win,
Meier-Hans Avatar
November 6, 2014 at 9:37 PM
Congratulations on your win Rob. A very sad poem.
Helppi Avatar
October 26, 2014 at 8:44 PM
Rob, A sad poem here, and a warning to all of us fathers; I will try to heed.
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