An Oregon Message Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDEFG HIJKLM NOLPQR S| When we first moved here pulled | A |
| the trees in around us curled | B |
| our backs to the wind no one | C |
| had ever hit the moon no one | C |
| Now our trees are safer than the stars | D |
| and only other people's neglect | E |
| is our precious and abiding shell | F |
| pierced by meteors radar and the telephone | G |
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| From our snug place we shout | H |
| religiously for attention in order to hide | I |
| only silence or evasion will bring | J |
| dangerous notice the hovering hawk | K |
| of the state or the sudden quiet stare | L |
| and fatal estimate of an alerted neighbor | M |
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| This message we smuggle out in | N |
| its plain cover to be opened | O |
| quietly Friends everywhere | L |
| we are alive Those moon rockets | P |
| have missed millions of secret | Q |
| places Best wishes | R |
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| Burn this | S |
William Stafford
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