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Dawn Burst Forth, Earth Was Drinking Its New Rain
Dawn Burst Forth, Earth Was Drinking Its New Rain
Dawn burst forth, earth was drinking its new rain
Had I been asleep-in dreams far afield
In soft slumber, void of my usual pain
Or merely hiding behind my sword and shield
Sun cast its plentiful, dazzling new rays
Down on longings of a miserable man
In this dark, dark cold-world everybody pays
O' to escape again, if only I can
Evening shadows now wrap my soul in stone
Even as black darkness races to invade
Shielding me from hard hits and broken bone
And all righteous punishment I have made
Midnight's hours battled, promising to save
An unworthy soul from an early grave
R. J. Lindley,
Jan. 20th 1979
Poem Syllable Counter Results
Syllables Per Line: 10 10 11 11 0 10 11 11 11 0 10 11 10 10 0 10 10
Total # Syllables: 146
Total # Lines: 17 (Including empty lines)
Words with (syllables) counted programmatically: N/A
Total # Words: 104
NOTE- Poem is presented as it was written decades ago, syllable count be damned.
I will no longer make edits on my original works written decades ago just to meet such an overbearing and restrictive ban upon true poetic flow and a poet's heart..
Henceforth any of my old poems will be presented here , as I, in my youth cast them onto paper! The world be damned!
Copyright ©
Robert Lindley
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