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Alliterative Haiku

Rhapsody of rays.. 
Ravine resplendent and rich.. 
Rapturous romance..

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Post Traumatic Echos

moonlight tastes sour

sweat runs through bedroom sheet veins

she gives up on sleep

 

hallway footfalls

undesired sharp edges

reverberations

 

echos beat within

in discord with her heart

as hands grip at wind

 

doorknob, alive, there

embraced by her palm frantic

gasp … inhale … freedom

 

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The Beck Stone

Beck Stone

Rounded lump of grey gritstone now balanced in the beck

Divides rushing stream linking high heather moor to distant sea

 A shining silver thread through dale and wold to wide Humber

This same stone, surface scrubbed smooth by falling water

Now releases a stanza carved by a craftswoman from a script written by a poet

Ink to paper

Hammer to chisel

Rock to eye

Wo...

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