decaying

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Poetry/Verse/decaying
Copyright Protected, ID 06-1737-774-08
All Rights Reserved, 2025, Constance La France
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Written, June 8, 2025
For the International Contest, Your Choice W
Sponsor, Brian Strand, Judged 06/09/2025

FIRST PLACE

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the gate to the old cemetery is rusty and old
though once upon a time is was elegant and gilded
ornate with filigree tracery ornamentation
now, it is   d e c a y i n g   fragile, beautiful 
I push to open and the gate sighs creaks, groans, moans

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                     g
                         into the cemetery 
the green wraps around me like a warm cloak

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Kim Rodrigues

Date: 6/10/2025 4:43:00 AM

Congrats! The descent is haunting, the warm cloak, familiar.

Constance La France
Date: 6/10/2025 3:36:00 PM

Kim, thank you for the congrats and comment ~

JCB Brul

Date: 6/10/2025 1:42:00 AM

You have created a moment in time that makes the reader feel like they are there.. You captured the moment with vivid imagery only a dear Heart can. Congratulations! This is a FAVE. ^___^ JCB

Constance La France
Date: 6/10/2025 3:36:00 PM

JCB, thank you for the compliment, comment, congratulations, and FAV, appreciate ~