From the Mountains of the Sun

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Beyond the Clouds

Beyond the Clouds

A. Christine Myers
Aug 20, 2020
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I wrote this poem the day before yesterday, watching the clouds part to let the sun transform the sky to a brilliant blue. The form is a tritriplicata, a five-line poem of three-six-nine-six-three syllables. In this case, the thought “turns” at the end of the third line, providing contrast between the desire and the dread, between hope and sorrow. I a…

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