A River In Egypt
A River In Egypt
I keep a small white room in my heart.
It’s for an angel that I adore.
There’s a mattress made of moons and stars for her there,
floating just above the floor.
And there’s a candle burning always
behind a window of yellow stand glass,
so that my angel can find me again,
the next time she’s short on cash.
Thomas Berton
About this poem
The title suggests, denial.
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Written on March 18, 2003
Submitted by jcladyfish on June 25, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 374 |
Words | 75 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 8 |
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