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Rated: E · Poetry · Contest Entry · #2189006

24 Syllables Contest entry. prompt word: Sentinel

"The Stand"


Winter forest
on mountainside;
thick, straight, bare trees
stood as sentinel
overlooking town below.






24 Syllables Contest entry.
Prompt word: Sentinel (n)1. a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching
2. a soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch
4/4/4/5/7=24
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