The shots ring out
...The shots ring out,
The soldiers drop,
Comrades shout,
The soldiers are filled with doubt,
As they splash through the slop,
The shots ring out,
The blood shall spout,
The bodies flop,
Com...
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Categories:
strout, war,
Form: Villanelle
Lost In a Book
...Oh, I love to get lost
In a book* I adore,
Where the characters feel
Like I’ve met them before
And the subject is one
That is close to my soul
And the writing’s so good
I could swallow it wh...
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Categories:
strout, appreciation, books,
Form: Rhyme