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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.
January 11, 2024 at 7:56am
January 11, 2024 at 7:56am
#1062198
A tortoise marks new-laid concrete with his steps.


Tortoise

It’s not my fault
he should have thought
that building fence
would block my route
and then to add
concrete on path
would only add
insult to hurt.



Line count: 8
Blank verse but four syllables per line
For Express It In Eight, 01.11.24
Prompt: As per illustration.



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