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Printed from https://web1.writing.com/main/books/item_id/2316158-Eight-line-Poems-2/day/5-3-2025
Rated: 13+ · Book · Writing · #2316158

The second of my collections of poems written for "Express It In Eight."

As usual these days, I choose blog format because it offers more space for the work.
May 3, 2025 at 6:23am
May 3, 2025 at 6:23am
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Lichen

Fingers pick at the rock,
scratching away the lichen,
and negating the growth
of decades, the humble
expansion of creeping ages,
creation of soil, enabling
the greening of earth,
and life on the planet.



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 05.03.25
Prompt: Write a slow growth poem.


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