Late February air.
Early summer
tasting like stale wine
in its parched mouth;
holding its warm, acerbic breath
for the first mango
to ripen.
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Late February air.
Early summer
tasting like stale wine
in its parched mouth;
holding its warm, acerbic breath
for the first mango
to ripen.
Poetweet: Exactly 140 characters long including spaces and punctuation.
It’s a testament to your skill that you make it look so *effortless* … when you and I both know it is definitely NOT effortless. So VIVID.
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That’s very kind and generous.. Thank you. I do seem to have the luxury of time right now, which makes it easier to just drift along with a thought uninterrupted!
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That’s a blessing, for certain! 🙂
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As said, I really like this form. With permission, I’d like to take a few runs at it myself.
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Of course Steve!! And please do ping back to me because I’d love to read your poetweets!
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I will do. Creation of form (as I’ve tried to do a few times myself with the Versos) is fascinating to me. It’s the challenge of working within constraints and yet coming up with something new every time.
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