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February 15, 2014
By KenyaLove41 GOLD, Dallas, Texas
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&quot;Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.&quot; ~Ambrose Bierce<br /> &quot;Nothing is Impossible, the word itself says &#039;I&#039;m Possible!&#039;&quot; ~ Audrey Hepburn<br /> &quot;Good writing is only bad writing revised&quot;~ Unknown

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Blood

Orange
Rubies fall
Out of the pale

Sky

© Todd E., Streetsboro, OH

The author's comments:
This is a type of poem called a Lanturne. The Lanturne is a five-line verse shaped like a Japanese lantern with a syllabic pattern of one, two, three, four, one.
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