Don't Blaspheme
Don’t talk to me about form,
when the feeling isn’t there
Don’t talk to me about substance,
when experience is rare
Don’t talk to me about insight,
when reflection is ignored
Don’t blaspheme an epiphany
—in the presence of the Lord
(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2016)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 11, 2019
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 286 |
Words | 45 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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