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Entries to The Daily Poem Contest.

#1109458 added February 28, 2026 at 11:11am
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Aral
Aral

Above the tideline
high and dry
this the patent sign
something’s awry.

The question posed
with boat thus beached
the wreck exposed
or lake waters leached?

The Aral Sea
so recently
once deep and wide
dried up and died.



Line count: 12
Rhymed abab cdcd eeff
For The Daily Poem, 02.28.26
Prompt: Photo of boat chained to rocks.

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