General Poetry posted March 7, 2025


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unwelcome visitors transform a coastal idyll.

Viking Raid

by Terry Reilly

 
Longships
 
beach on soft sand
 
'neath warming sun.
 
Marauding warriors rape, loot, pillage and burn.



2-4-4-12 writing prompt entry
Writing Prompt
Write a poem that has the following syllable count. First line has two syllables, second and third line have four syllables, the final line has 12 syllables.


I tried to establish a dramatic counterpoint between the picturesque tranquillity of the first half of the piece, and the horrific violence of the second.
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