General Poetry posted October 23, 2014

RodG

I taught English for 40 years on the high school and college level. Since retiring, I have written a poetry collection titled "Reflections of a Dog Walker," and five novels, all unpublished. I mostly post poems and short stories.
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So Lonely I . . .

by RodG

Desolate
I slither through
the cheerless
day
like an ice-locked stream
past
wind-stripped trees
and drifts
of
shadow-dappled snow
toward
tomorrow's
still
dark
pond

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Write a free verse poem to express the state of loneliness in not more than 15 lines.

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So Lonely I . . .

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