We
bent wire,
looping and tying.
Lantern skeletons
sprouted like line
drawings and then
bold paper shades of
floating persimmons.
The river gleamed reptilian
in darkness spotted with
tea lights. I couldn't
see your eyes
just sails of light
bobbing and hueing
and the small gods
their shimmering reflections
Written for Twiglet #266
Out of the Cave 
Love the pattern 🙂
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the writing or the photo? The photo is of a lantern my daughter made last year. 🙂
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Both 🙂
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Lovely lantern, and clever concrete form for your poem. ❤️
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Ta. I struggled tonight. Worked at 2 poems and this was the less unformed of the two. 😆
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Well, I enjoyed it 🙂
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This imagery is stunning, the language gorgeous, and the line breaks are genius
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Oh thank you!
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See your flame and I love honeypot words lead is to sway gently. Amazing!
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how your words; but it is also a honeypot.
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🙂 Many thanks. Took me a few reads of both your comments to piece it all together. 🙂
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Your knack for imagery is delightful–I found myself deeply absorbed in this one, smelling the scent of the water and mesmerized by those bobbling flames. Such a joy to read! 🙂
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Thank you again! Your comments are so lovely!
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Wonderfully scribed. The shape seemed to put pauses in all the right places! I love the image “The river gleamed reptilian”
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Many thanks!! I really appreciate your comment. ❤
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You’re welcome.
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