Stories tagged “SESTINA”

  • Sestina: The Dashed Line (2/2)

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    The cars soon sensed their venerable cable

    Was slipping in its grip, as sky turned pitch.

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    The wind began to shriek, the cars to pitch.

    The rain prepared to rip them from their height

    And from their apathetic, beaten cable

    Which shone, revealed, by f…

    Posted 8 years ago
  • Sestina: The Dashed Line (1/2)

    From peak to lodge, too tightly stretched the cable;

    It glinted in the dying light of fall-

    Fresh sunset. The lone worker doused the light;

    As stars appeared, wind moaned in its deep pitch,

    With breath of ice. And in that lofty height,

    The string of cars …

    Posted 8 years ago