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For Select A 2025 Posted Poem Poetry Contest sponsored by Brian Strand

Palmetto Moon

I sleep on a palmetto moon.
You tell me that I rhyme too soon, 
that my piano's out of tune, 
and I'm crazy, like a loon.

We slept on fields of lily clover 
You and me, this wild Irish rover.
Did I hear you say it's over?
Should I jump from Cliffs of Dover?

We slept, as you were lying there,
alas, beautiful, fine, and fair.
Did I hear the serpents in your hair
tell me, "Go flying in the air"?
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Greenhough Avatar
January 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This was enjoyable. I found the tribute to Medusa very interesting.
Crandall Avatar
January 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Glad you liked it Hilda. Who knows why that popped into my head. I think maybe there was a contest or someone wrote a poem about Medusa, and so it popped into my mind.
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