Severed Starlight

Severed starlight, brief lanterns

Truncate tingles, sugar burns

pen puzzling in oily ink

Dark dots on papyrus slink

Metre measure on tongue tip

Riddling rhymes gaining their grip

Cursive verses in past tense

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Trying a new form tonight. Hope you enjoy
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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O.J. Hunt Avatar
May 28, 2014 at 1:59 PM
Good 'tip-o-the-tongue' write A.E.! ((got a little spell in there!....) Keith :-)
Sietesantos Avatar
May 25, 2014 at 10:22 AM
Great use of alliteration - nice write!
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