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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.
July 16, 2023 at 10:36am
July 16, 2023 at 10:36am
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Not an Inch

Pigheaded when your heels dig in,
obstinate if you deign not to yield,
stubborn you’re named for baulkin’
and willful if your rights you wield.

Mulish too is what you’re called,
unbending to the rule you hear,
inflexible when in court you’re hauled,
though to the truth you persevere.


Line count: 8
Rhymed abab
For Express It In Eight, 07.16.23
Prompt: Refuse to budge an inch.


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