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Redacted Poem: Ocean Drop

Redacted Poem:
Ocean Drop

ocean drop gently,
Whispering, love before I die,
I travell’d a long way merely to touch you,
I could not look on you,
For I fear’d I might lose you.

Poet's Note: ▶︎

Line Count: 5
Form: Redaction Poem
Prompt: Redaction Poetry  
If you've been here before, you had to know this was coming

Using either of the prompts below, create a redacted poem.
Out of the rolling ocean the crowd came a drop gently to me,

Whispering, I love you, before long I die,
I have travell’d a long way merely to look on you to touch you,
For I could not die till I once look’d on you,
For I fear’d I might afterward lose you.

Walt Whitman, From Poetry Analysis

Written for "The Daily Poem " .