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Beyond Reach

It slithered, wounded, off into a breach
within the granite face, obscured by brush.
Near vanquished in the fight,
aroused by cries of nesting thrush,
it caught a glimpse, as she skipped blithely by,
from its remaining reptilian eye.
Scarce mastering the rush,
tantalizingly close, but for now, beyond reach…

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a Mistress Broadstreet stanza (10a-10b-6c-8b-10d-10d-6b-12a)
for the Beyond Reach Poetry Contest
sponsored by Mystic Rose Rose
awitten on 12/26/22

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Caren Krutsinger December 30, 2022 at 10:22 PM I have never read a poem about a snake that I liked any better than this one and this includes the twenty I have written Jeff Kyser December 31, 2022 at 3:28 AM A bit of a strange take on the photo, but nobody ever called me normal :-) Thanks for the read!

Paula Goldsmith December 26, 2022 at 11:56 AM Good luck. Blessings..............