Charles Messina Poet Sonnet

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What inspired me to write this was when I drove passed an old abandoned house and I saw a fox sitting on the porch. The house was fenced in and had about an half acre of barren trees scattered around the property. A sad sight seeing that the once was forest, and the lone old house was now completely surrounded by new construction. I have never seen that fox again.

A Fox Tale

Remembering days of young- long ago 
Adventurous me, I yearned for playtime 
Playing with my siblings on mounds of snow 
To the peaks of high mountains I would climb 

'Neath fallen oaks rotted stumps, I have hid 
I used to be so sly and so witty
Down wettened remnants of mudslides- I've slid 
'Fore man turned my home into a city 

I now live in an abandoned brownstone 
Once red-haired and fluffy-tailed; now all grey 
For twenty-five years I have lived alone 
Inside concrete walls...near the Hudson Bay 

One last howl, 'fore I dream into the deep 
One last howl, now I lay me down to sleep   



Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep Poetry Contest 
Sponsor: Craig Cornish 
1/22/2021

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Lindsay Laurie February 7, 2021 at 4:44 PM Hello Charles … so called progress. Steals beauty and drives beauty away - thanks Charles - Lindsay

Quoth Theraven February 5, 2021 at 11:14 PM charles, The fox remembers..'One last howl, now I lay me down to sleep'. Well written Sonnet restores. -Richard

Jennifer Proxenos February 5, 2021 at 10:16 AM Congrats on a wonderful win dear friend, a lovely fox tale, and your imagination is fantastic, I love it a fave, and I like what prompted you to write it. Hugs and blessings, Jennifer.

Kim Rodrigues February 2, 2021 at 5:45 PM Love this, Charles! Congratulations! A rare sighting indeed!

Sam Kauffman February 2, 2021 at 11:33 AM Sad and poignant all at once, Charlie. Progress so often robs us our encounters with the glory of nature. Congrats and high five's on your win! Hope you are doing well. Blessings.

Regina Mcintosh February 2, 2021 at 4:09 AM Back with congrats :) God bless you, Love, Gina

Mystic Rose Rose February 1, 2021 at 11:19 AM Wonderfully created, congrats on your win dear poet.

Regina Mcintosh January 23, 2021 at 2:23 AM Brilliant Charlie... I LOVE this. It's so beautiful and poetic, flaming with insight and inspiration. God bless you with love and prayers

Robert L. Hinshaw January 22, 2021 at 2:07 PM Splendid verse, Charlie - My kind of poetry. A top winner for sure! Hope all is well with you - Bob