sara Etgen-Baker Poet Tanka

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MIDNIGHT CONFESSION

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Your breath—cold mist  
against my neck, slow and sweet.  
Midnight confesses  
what daylight could never hold:  
love, like stars, burns brightest unseen. 

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Line Gauthier March 28, 2026 at 7:15 PM lovely ~

Frederic Parker March 20, 2026 at 4:37 PM Oh how I wish this poem to be longer...I really like this one

CayCay Godwin March 20, 2026 at 10:01 AM I wish. That's right, I said it, I'm due a night like this. Did you really have to pen something so evocative? Did I really have to click on it? Seems yes is the correct answer to both. BRAT