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Gist

Lurking in the murky mist
a glimmer lies peripheral.
Invisible to the blaze 
of stare-eyed gaze, 
uncertainty is determinant.

The gist is missed
until you look away, 
disengage, and let
the quagmire ooze 
belch its quintessence.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Dietrich Avatar
June 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Nice example. I hope you don't require the songs recording in the main text box. Good luck with your contest idea, John
Anderson Avatar
June 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Whoops! Too many Gists! If you've come here for an example of a song lyric performance for my contest the poem is "Gist was Hollow, Right to the Core" . The recording is to be added via the 'Listen to poem' and video add-ons, not in the text box itself.
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