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poem written for and submitted to “Syncopated Cinqopet” Poetry Contest, Gregory Richard Barden, sponsor, December 16, 2025.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ spider spins opalescent thread before dawn's light has fully spread~ loom of dew, a delicate bed. oak stretches in daytime heat, shadows gather ‘neath my feet. midday light pools on forest floor, syrup-slow and thickening pour~ the clock licks seconds, nothing more. wasp hums hymns in golden light, butterflies flutter, winged flight. sky trades blue for burnt honey, shadows puddle like spilled brandy~ crimson spills through cracks, crows scurry. wind sings low then softly sighs day and night greet, compromise. moths mistake lamplight for the moon~ umbra lengthens, sky blackens soon. planets emerge, galactic runes. sky bruises, darkness moves in. stars perforate nighttime's skin the crows assemble, black and loud, counting the day’s lost hours aloud~ their throats full of day’s dying shroud. pond drinks down the midnight moon, spits it back, lunar light strewn. earth wakes then sleeps, cyclical rhyme~ elysian scheme, God’s design.
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