Morgan Mise Poet Quatrain

Josephine

Near a silent riverbank
where lilies scent the air
under a blackened willow tree
sweet Josephine rests there
kept in eternal slumber
her rotting bones left bare
I'm left longing to hold her close
my heart in disrepair

(June 15, 2013)

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Poet Destroyer A February 13, 2016 at 9:04 AM Morgan, Enjoyed the way you expressed every line. Please keep writing and sharing your poetry. LOVE LINDA

Poet Tacito June 19, 2013 at 11:39 AM Respect for this piece. I know writing this wasn't easy. May tomorrow bring you a better, more meaningful sunrise. Morgan Mise June 20, 2013 at 9:15 AM Thank you for your understanding and sweet wishes and words. :) Perhaps it will.