Tag: cinquain
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Long Night Moon
The Long Night Moon of ChristmasThe moonis full tonight,a beacon shining throughthe fog that cloaks the hills and skyfrom view.
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Mine Hill Road
How green is Mine Hill Road after a spate of rain – emerald meadows everywhere I look.
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Seeing at Night
Some things are best observed with peripheral sight – a star at dusk whose light has just emerged; sidelong we can perceive in a darkened bedroom that a child asleep in their crib still breathes.
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Bagging Groceries
Careful to put items which are well–protected and heavy, like a quart of milk, in first, saving the top for eggs or a box of crackers where they won’t get crushed under tubs of dip – foodstuff sorted by weight and how vulnerable it is as each purchase slides off the belt, is scanned at…
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West Cliff Drive
The sea, it heaves great sighs – rhythmic and persistent – like the steady breath of someone sleeping.
From the Firefly Galaxy 