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Octogram for the Potlach 28 May 2016
A Moonlit Pool
by tfawcus
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My footprint formed a shallow bowl
at dead of night,
that trapped the moonlight's lucent soul
of silver bright.
Reflected in the rippled pool
a scythe of death, a dancing jewel
that beckoned like a barrow wight
at dead of night,
and thus the moonlit mirror stole
me from your sight.
I listened to the waves cajole
to seal my plight.
The crescent cut my heart away;
its beauty led my mind astray
in silver shards of fractured light
at dead of night.
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Author Notes
An Octogram contains two stanzas. Syllable sequence per line is 84848884 84848884. Rhyme scheme is aBabccbB ababddbB. Capital B indicates an exact repeated line.
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