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Title: Reclaim
Poetic form: terza rima sonnet
No. of lines: 14
Rating: Gen
Prompt:
Summary: a terza rima sonnet about an island reclaiming itself after a crime

even before evil strikes, island sands
are lifting. as death assails, as horror stills
dead air, fine grains are shifting. a boat lands.

black boots imprint, clomp-pace, stomp-trample. wills
exert themselves: measure, collect, record
as flying grit abrades, as soft dune-hills

extend themselves inland, onto floorboard,
past threshold. silt alive, hungry in reach.
inquiries conclude. departures afford

unimpeded campaign to smooth each breach,
erase each edifice, to break each frame,
to bury all. seabirds above the beach

bear witness to the canvassing, they name
it in their echoed cries: reclaim! reclaim!

Date: 2025-04-16 09:55 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] smallhobbit
Very descriptive - I can feel myself there as all the traces are covered over.

And apologies, I'm a week behind and finally catching up.

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