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Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/books/item_id/2268464-Eight-line-Poems/day/7-21-2022
Rated: E · Book · Entertainment · #2268464
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.
July 21, 2022 at 11:25am
July 21, 2022 at 11:25am
#1035516
Medieval scribe


Scribe

Day after day, he slaves away,
ever mindful of the task,
copy the text without mistake,
every jot and every mark,
until the scroll be pristine true
and time to fetch another;
so is wisdom deep construed,
his heart inscribed forever.



Line count: 8
Near-rhymed abab
For Express It In Eight, 07.21.22
Prompt: As per illustration.



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