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Entries to Express It In Eight from September 2020 to the present .
The number of poems enforces the use of blog format with ten poems per page.
September 14, 2022 at 9:26am
September 14, 2022 at 9:26am
#1037690
Man and dog in drought-stricken scene


A Dog’s Life

Oh, I’ll stick with you,
though the signs are not auspicious;
it hasn’t rained in ages
and sitting there won’t change that.
A bad place to settle,
as even a cat would know,
but I signed on the line
and dogs don’t break the contract.



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 09.14.22
Prompt: As per illustration.



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