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Our Lighthouse Forewarns

Sailing atop waves, this life in full bloom, Upon the shoreline, the lighthouse forewarns, Darkened clouds hover, the impending doom. Waves still like mirror, glass shimmering womb, Life in full sail, ship commissioned as born, Sailing atop waves, this life in full bloom. Anxiety encased in light and tomb, To seek help ashore, sounding its ship horn, Darkened clouds hover, the impending doom. A lighthouse keeper, sheds light on the gloom, Resilient sails, however war-torn, Sailing atop waves, this life in full bloom. Ship shifts its rudder, evade the presumed, Rocks stick out of waves, for whom will we mourn, Darkened clouds hover, the impending doom. Anxiety strikes all, even those plumed, Through the lighthouse keeper, trouble be borne. Sailing atop waves, this life in full bloom. Darkened clouds hover, the impending doom.

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Date: 6/2/2023 7:58:00 PM
This is an intriguing and wonderful poem! :) Thanks for your awesome comment… -JWE
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Date: 5/31/2023 1:23:00 PM
Wow this is the perfect villanelle, the seafaring saga in poetic compacted telling wonderfully done! Kudos for this great poem!  >>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<^^^^^^^^>>>>>>>><<<<<< Plz also read and comment my newest poem, even though its not a villanelle its a vignette, but there wasn't option for vignette ah so i chose that name.
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Date: 5/29/2023 6:02:00 AM
Very nice, Michael! A present danger! When I visited a lighthouse in Maine, I saw the waves, the cliffs, the warning on a sign…
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