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Entries to Express It In Eight from September 2020 to the present .
The number of poems enforces the use of blog format with ten poems per page.
June 30, 2023 at 2:13pm
June 30, 2023 at 2:13pm
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An iron ring guards the way to the portal.


Gateway

A trap set most plain
in the path from the abyss,
the iron ring invites
unwary travellers on
with a glimpse of the shining portal
beyond.

Yet who will dare the sudden grip
of those jagged metal jaws?


Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 06.30.23
Prompt: As per illustration.


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