Everyday Canvas

Island

Prompt: Write a four-line poem about a mysterious island. (Do this two times: once where each line rhymes and then again with no rhyming at all.) Let your creativity flow.

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Girded by mermaids and a cutthroat shark,
my isle of mistakes flounders in the dark;
mysterious trees on its hill, wind-shaken, bark
like dogs, bitter and scared by lightning’s spark.

Since I have swerved away, out of your way,
after our parting, such an enigmatic heart
this island prods on the latitude of worn-out hopes...
Still, may you find the route to come back to me!