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A Quartered Moon

A quartered moon tortures the chill earth tempts the night things. Thinning shadows glide through the hoary mist, shiver in a distant fear of Sun's rise. 2/22/2020

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Charles Messina

Date: 3/4/2020 6:47:00 AM

Great Poe-etry, John. A brilliant and superb entry for my contest. Congratulations on your winning placement. All the best.. Charlie

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 3/3/2020 1:56:00 PM

- A gem, John ... congratulations on your win :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Jenish Somadas

Date: 3/2/2020 11:14:00 PM

in a distant fear of Sun's rise... Beautiful lines.. Congrats..

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 2/22/2020 7:46:00 PM

This is hauntingly alluring - is it for the Poe contest?

John Lawless
Date: 2/22/2020 11:25:00 PM

Yep, Poe hooked me in high school so any opportunity to play like Poe is muses dream.

Daniel Turner

Date: 2/22/2020 11:34:00 AM

I love it John. I like the phrase,"tempts night things"

John Lawless
Date: 2/22/2020 11:27:00 PM

I always sort of thought of the moon as the temptress of the tormented night creatures. Thanks for stopping by Daniel.