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Rated: 13+ · Book · Writing · #2316158
The second of my collections of poems written for "Express It In Eight."
As usual these days, I choose blog format because it offers more space for the work.
May 8, 2024 at 6:37am
May 8, 2024 at 6:37am
#1070705
Ozone

It’s a forgotten smell, the ocean,
that comes with instant memory
upon the wind from those vast wastes
of endless motion and scattered isles.

Years of continental saturation
washed away with the sharp tang
of salt and spray and heaving swell,
life’s eternal struggle in cold green depths.


Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 05.08.24
Prompt: Pleasing aromas - the ocean.


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