Notes About The Poem

2nd in Threading the Lines (Sponsor: Joseph May)

Judged: April 23rd, 2025

Only Love Required

How do I compare to you, God 
What is the scent of my desire
that the golden globes you trod
that the grandeur of the celestial choir
to quicken yet the voids 'neath this sod
oblige your condescension into Hellfire
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May Avatar
April 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Congrats on your win, Very nicely done
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April 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Appreciated :) Be well.
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