Sigrid Ermine Poet Couplet

Strayed Sheep

   Cliff hanger story - 
   Freshly shorn scrawny
   Steady assembly ruptured
   Atop rocky bluff rugged
   Shivering survival questionable 
   Seceder’s dream quenchable

   Reject herd abide proffer
   Select solo sailor prosper
   Convention no obstacle 
   Escape is ewe’s oracle 
   Exit existence normal 
   Explore expanse nautical 

   Divorce merged marriage
   Discover ocean massive 
   Ewe Turn deviate, lucid
   Longs for longitude lurid
   Leave safety of kennel 
   Wayward walking karakul

   Stripped of her heavy jacket
   Staggers down slope jagged
   Ceases to be clone imitated
   Intrepid sheep not intimidated
   Sea spray hasten 
   Shelly cove haven 

   Upgrading basic graze
   Horizon holds her gaze
   Distance from flock’s faith
   Determined for further fate
   Declines enclosure 
   Entertains exposure 

   Among cluster, deficient
   Embankment descending delinquent 
   Evicts herself of contest
   Evolves self fulfilled conquest
   Disdain for the brethren 
   Useless Ewe blended in

   Refuses group apprehend 
   Triumphant Turn ascends




    Written for Contest: 
      Strayed Sheep 
  Sponsor: Di11y Da11y

   17th December 2024


Picture inspiration required: 

     Our English Coasts
  by William Holman Hunt

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