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Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/books/item_id/2316158-Eight-line-Poems-2/day/12-11-2025
Rated: 13+ · Book · Writing · #2316158

The second of my collections of poems written for "Express It In Eight."

As usual these days, I choose blog format because it offers more space for the work.
December 11, 2025 at 10:07am
December 11, 2025 at 10:07am
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Ticket to the Skies

Oh, sardine can of the skies
make room for my friend
in your silvery flight
bring him safe to journey's end.

Lay him gentle in assignèd space
amid the ordered rows
and may his luggage destined be
as true as fly the crows.



Line count: 8
Rhymed abcb
For Express It In Eight, 12.11.25
Prompt: Write a poem about saying goodbye to someone leaving on an airplane.


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