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The second of my collections of poems written for "Express It In Eight."
As usual these days, I choose blog format because it offers more space for the work.
August 3, 2024 at 5:45am
August 3, 2024 at 5:45am
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Bathysphere

Light to the depths
in the pitch dark abyss
there in the crushing weight
of teeming waters laden
dreams of creatures unseen
shuttered and frozen
in the stultified gloom
all life is tenuous.



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 08.03.24
Prompt: Illustration of a mermaid carrying a crescent moon.


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