sara Etgen-Baker Poet Sapphic stanza

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Moon-stead voices gather in measured longing,
Shaping thought to linger in lyric stillness;
Fourteen lines become a lantern for meaning~
      Light over silence.

poem written for online poetry class assignment=write a single stanza sapphic

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Line Gauthier April 18, 2026 at 5:59 AM lovely ~

Yann Rolland April 17, 2026 at 5:44 PM quite interesting and deep, you write what you say, i love the third verse very much have a nice Saturday

Paige Hind April 17, 2026 at 4:22 PM ah, you made a different kind of your own* beautiful message this "light over silence"

Frederic Parker April 17, 2026 at 7:47 AM fourteen lines become a lantern for meaning...brilliant