L'aura del Campo

PPC#9 Blackberries [202]

Blackberries

They came during the darkness
when the moon hid behind clouds,
stole the enchantment and hid.

Their descendants paid the price
as strawberry fields lay barren and dry
under a cloudless sky. They fled

and fleeing ran into the Queen
and begged for mercy. She smirked
and demanded the enchantment back

to feed them and spare their lives. Now
their land was verdent, but The Berry
Queen had covered it with thorns.

© Copyright 2021 Kåre Enga [178.202] (2.agosto.2021)


For "Promptly Poetry Challenge (2023-2024)"  Write a poem that includes two of the following words: star, night, berry, fairy, queen, enchanted, cursed, moonlight, thieves. Required line count: Minimum 12, no max.

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