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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/entry_id/1048444-Firmament
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Entries to Express It In Eight from September 2020 to the present .
#1048444 added April 19, 2023 at 7:03am
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Firmament
Firmament

Consider the wide sky above,
the great emptiness overhead,
yet He paints it broadly with love
from foggy grey to evening red;
such care upon a mere backdrop,
He scatters celestial fires,
all this to bring us to full stop,
to lift us above our desires.



Line count: 8
Rhymed abab, syllables eight per line
For Express It In Eight, 04.19.23
Prompt: Write a poem about something overhead.


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