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Wayra Lantern

Night brings misery…
                             adrift in midnight scowl
                       I strike a match,     blinking light
                           With lanterns glowing soul
                     Release to shadows,     my darkness


5-20-2020
WEAVING A WAYRA Poetry Contest 1st place.  
Sponsored by: nette onclaud...thank you :D

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 5/24/2020 5:16:00 AM

Congratulations! Loved every word of this, and you arranged them in exactly the write way!

Aditi Mishra

Date: 5/23/2020 5:48:00 PM

This is a beautiful one with the spirit of faith to fight against darkness. Congratulations on your win Jeanne! :)

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 5/23/2020 12:47:00 PM

This is brilliant with a fantastic ending Jeanne! “Release to shadows, my darkness“ Congratulations on your high placement! Blessings xxoo

Jeanne Mcgee
Date: 5/23/2020 2:08:00 PM

Thank you so much Connie... :)

Nette Onclaud

Date: 5/23/2020 4:19:00 AM

jeanne, i like the way you wove the release of shadows amid dark thoughts... and a fine end to boot!... congrats on your top win my contest,...huggs

Jeanne Mcgee
Date: 5/23/2020 9:20:00 AM

It was my surprise as well...thanks so much for giving us great choices to see where our imaginations would lead us...I'm always surprise how daily conversations will creep into my writing without my thinking about it before I start to write.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 5/21/2020 8:31:00 PM

You have pulled a beauty out of your imagination my friend!

Jeanne Mcgee

Date: 5/21/2020 9:24:00 AM

Actually, I don't have much worries or darkness, but I know people who do and have imagined what it must be like for those who wake in the night unable to sleep these days.

Anil Deo

Date: 5/21/2020 8:31:00 AM

I guessed, "Winter brings misery," but be it Canada or US, Spring has sprung a month or more. THE BARON asks a good question ... but LIGHT & DARK have fought battles eternally. Satan was a Praise Team leader in heaven, & still goes as "an angel of light - LUCIFER." My pastoral hat keeps jumping up, but I pray U will sleep good tonight. Rebuke bad thoughts! ptl