Line Gauthier Poet Free verse

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Child of the World

savage child
within without
part angel 
part feral cat
your song bursting
with anticipation
youth oozing from every pore
alive with passion
not yet subdued
rage not yet subjugated

o child, don't let life
ever tame your spirit



Read on air by invitation  ~  August 8, 2021  'POETS' HARBOUR"

AP: 3rd place 2022, 3rd place 2022, 3rd place 2021, Honorable Mention 2022, Honorable Mention 2022, Honorable Mention 2022, Honorable Mention 2022, Honorable Mention 2022

Submitted on August 7, 2021 for A BRIAN STRAND 4 TO 14 LINE POETRY contest sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  RANKED 1ST

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Caren Krutsinger August 17, 2021 at 1:27 AM Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Trixie and I are both yelling YES to every line of this one, Line. Pun intended. Line Gauthier August 17, 2021 at 3:38 AM Thank you very much, Caren ~

Delice Arleen Skelly August 8, 2021 at 5:14 AM A strong poem about the passion of youth before it is tempered by life. Good luck in the contest Line... Line Gauthier August 8, 2021 at 1:19 PM Thank you very much, Delice ~

Quoth Theraven August 7, 2021 at 9:09 PM Line, I've been waiting for this poem for oh so long. -Richard Line Gauthier August 8, 2021 at 3:12 AM Thanks for your lovely comment, Richard ~