Sandra Haight Poet Quintain (Sicilian)

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Written November 15, 2020

~2nd Place~
Contest: If I Were Immortal
Sponsor: Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Judged: 05/02/2022

~1st Place~
Contest: All Yours (May 15)
Sponsor: Brian Strand
Judged: 05/15/2021

~7th Place~
Contest: Quintain/Sicilian Poetry
Sponsor: Emile Pinet
Judged: 12/09/2020

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Light Beyond Darkness

This moonless night invokes a lonely spell
as I behold the sky of midnight blue.
Now void of light that moon and stars propel,
its deep, dark blanket brings to mental view-
the nothingness beyond what stars foretell.

Such mystery this eerie darkness holds;
I feel the chill of endless cosmic space.
Deep emptiness inside my heart unfolds
to know this massive earth is held by grace
of gravity that nothingness upholds.

Yet, emptiness outside our universe,
beyond the final twinkles of stardust-
may show no stellar matter to disperse.
Nothingness- is that all?  A deeper thrust
unveils eternal light- to God, traverse.

No longer lonely on this pitch-dark night;
the Maker of it all is in command!
I feel the peace of God's immortal light
beyond this sense of nothingness at hand-
the subsistence of faith within my sight.

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Jenna Logan December 10, 2020 at 2:56 PM God's immortal light does bring peace if we allow it to brighten our path. Congratualtions, Sandra.

Jan Allison December 9, 2020 at 2:50 PM I have learned so much about meter from reading your wonderful words over the last 6 years, another gem flows from your pen, many congrats on your win Sandra:-) hugs Jan xx

Emile Pinet December 9, 2020 at 8:36 AM Congratulations Sandra, your poem earned a distinguished place in my contest, well done my friend, Emile.

Geoffrey Brewer November 15, 2020 at 2:44 PM Elegant, thoughtful and beautifully formed and expressed. Very well written, Sandra.