They lined the streets with bodies ~ we'd been cursed with a modern day black plague.
American sentence: 17-syllables
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
golden doodle wants to be a lap dog—
muddy footprints on her blouse
Leaves resting under cover of fresh fall of snow dream of summer lost.
Paris is burning, hypnotized, majestic spire plummets to earth.
T'was lost in limbo, your mailbox was full, promise never fulfilled
American sentence - Canadian variant
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