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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.
April 17, 2024 at 9:23am
April 17, 2024 at 9:23am
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Falling

It’s not the falling that I mind,
the sudden launching into space,
the mind confused, below, behind
the world a blur in careless race.

Down is up and up is down,
and all is spinning past my eyes -
I’ll deal with all this giddy round,
but it’s the landing I despise.



Line count: 8
Rhymed abab
For Express It In Eight, 04.17.24
Prompt: Write a poem about falling.


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