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Ekphrastic  Minute Poem*

Stella Armour, UK



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A Soldier’s Prayer

 

Minute Poem

 

At the end of a war torn day
I heard him pray
“End this discord
Please take me lord
All my purest life’s blood is bled
Brothers are dead
Nothing to gain
From all this pain
My duty done, let me escape
For war is rape
It wants my soul
Please keep me whole

 

The minute poems has 60 syllables representing 60 seconds, arranged in 12 lines 844484448444 with the rhyme pattern being aabbccddeeff.  Additional criteria my be included if the writer chooses.  This is a flexible form.

 

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