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4/21/2025 for Write Thirteen Beautiful Lines Poetry Contest sponsored by Constance La France
Your Day in Paradise
"Somewhere beyond the sinkhole, past the magnolia, under the live oaks, a boy and a yearling ran side by side, and were gone forever." ~ Marjorie Kinnan Rowlings, from The Yearling
In heights above, see a dazzling sun.
Drink fresh air. It's time you must awake.
Arise, make for the stream by the lake.
On youthful legs, take flight and swiftly run.
Hunt for frogs. I know you'll catch me one.
Another day in paradise begun,
where clouds float aloft and aspens quake
in heights above.
Enjoy each moment, like a yearling fawn.
In boyhood's days, joyfully partake.
Gaze upon the stars in heaven's wake,
and spy that shooting star before it's gone
in heights above.
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