Starbright
A wish is made, a hope, a fear,
A godless, silent, private prayer.
It's made with eyes aimed high above
Toward the heavens' glistn'ing doves.
Soaring past the night sky's end,
No limits hold these light pigeons.
Each bears in flight some whispered thought,
And shares the wishman's wish when caught.
An angel reached, a wish comes true;
Lone luck decides which night bird flew
The proper course and did its task:
Fulfill the wish a man did ask.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | X X X X X X X X A A B B |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 433 |
Words | 79 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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