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Grim fog, I praise the shelter of your drear, the sundown ghost morose not grandiose, I walk alone - but, no -- with my despair; a bittern bids a bitter adiós. The breakers so in agony they gnash and gnaw the strand with thrash of foamy green, the tempest witch brings ironfisted lash alas, the eye-of-storm epiphany unseen. Free, free! The tern who flies in Gemini above beloved peak and shore and wave, sun-painted wings, away you went -- so spry, so fierce! Bluebird pierced and buried in your grave, ..and the stars understand; a fateful fall into the sea -- Damn the deep! It’s jostle docile.. my scream to meet the scree! Susan Ashley June 29, 2021 ~ Fourth Place ~ Premiere Contest: 2022 Poetry Marathon Mille 11 Sponsor: Mark Toney ~ First Place ~ Premiere Contest: Contemporary Sonnet Sponsor: Charlotte Puddifoot *bittern: any of several tawny brown herons *scree: an accumulation of weathered rock fragments at the foot of a cliff *a Modern / Contemporary Sonnet is a poem of 14 lines addressing any theme of the poet's choosing. It does not need to adhere to any set rhyme scheme, syllable count or meter, nor does it need to include a volta. The only true requirement of a modern sonnet is that it consists of 14 lines*
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