Viola

Stephen Chamberlin
Promptly Written
Published in
Dec 18, 2021

Blank Verse — Modified

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khloris willed your cretaceous conception
while satan countered with my raven’s sire
hope, luminous violaceae’s song
voided by confuciusornis’s despair

celestial descent endows a brilliance
to violacea’s enchanted blossoms
covetous aves’s sorcery founders
repulsed by her hegemony, he flies

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Stephen Chamberlin
Promptly Written

Oldish guy, trying his hand at something new. Retired Coast Guard Officer. Now self-employed in the wine and spirits industry.