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[post_content] => blackbird nest: bruised honey
holds all eggs which un-
half in hollowhold
when no men ferret for
thrills and this
is Tuesday, now nobody
is watching
sheds a skin. every tree
shuddering off rust in the
shops which shut
coloured shutters. the day
hides behind foggy
eyelashes, i backtrack the
road and step around
the meek and tired moss,
which tries to crack the quiet
of a shy river. our warm moon,
the closest thing to a king,
cradled in shamrock.
horns and the angry train fix,
iron, even. and crow caw
all eclipsed in the claptrap
of a single wing.
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[content] => Amelie is highly commended in the I Am the Universe challenge on Young Poets Network, and a second-prize-winner in the Young Poets Network 2017 August challenge #2, themed around place. She is also commended in the Who is Giselle? poetry challenge, and a winner of the Young Poets Network 'Haiban' challenge.
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[content] => Amelie is highly commended in the I Am the Universe challenge on Young Poets Network, and a second-prize-winner in the Young Poets Network 2017 August challenge #2, themed around place. She is also commended in the Who is Giselle? poetry challenge, and a winner of the Young Poets Network 'Haiban' challenge.
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blackbird nest: bruised honey
holds all eggs which un-
half in hollowhold
when no men ferret for
thrills and this
is Tuesday, now nobody
is watching
sheds a skin. every tree
shuddering off rust in the
shops which shut
coloured shutters. the day
hides behind foggy
eyelashes, i backtrack the
road and step around
the meek and tired moss,
which tries to crack the quiet
of a shy river. our warm moon,
the closest thing to a king,
cradled in shamrock.
horns and the angry train fix,
iron, even. and crow caw
all eclipsed in the claptrap
of a single wing.