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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.
April 2, 2025 at 7:08am
April 2, 2025 at 7:08am
#1086428
Fingerprints

Betrayed by the whorls of their own individuality
imprinted with the marks of their crime
these patterns pointing fingers at perpetrators
resolving to self confession in time.

Oh, how ironic that the means of squeezing the trigger
should now be the witness sublime
and all alibis rendered suspect and false
in these admissions of presence and crime.



Line count: 8
Rhymed abcb dbeb
For Express It In Eight, 04.02.25
Prompt: Two fingerprints holding hands.
April 1, 2025 at 6:28am
April 1, 2025 at 6:28am
#1086325
Muted

The skies disguised
their fabled blue
in cloudy grey baptised
the sun now masked
from breaking through
with leaden shadows cast.

The world’s a softer quiet place
in misty day’s embrace.



Line count: 8
Rhymed abacbc dd
For Express It In Eight, 04.01.25
Prompt: Write about disguise.


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