Bottles from the Spring
When I was ten
I two-stepped down a country path
To a wooded spring which erupted softly
Near the outskirts of my summertime home.
When my hands were smaller
They touched through that wet transparency
To find that a tadpole
Is quicker than the eye.
When my eyes were young
They watched a wrinkled, brown woman
Overflow large bottles for
Her house was dry and the fresh water free.
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XXAX XAXX XXXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 369 |
Words | 69 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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