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Barren ground

Barren ground
 

The gritty stripped soil of

 hopes and dreams

within a dust bowl of

 driven realty
 

Praying for salvation




 

Julie

 

 

 

100 charecters exactly.

 

 

 

D.D.

 

 

 

2/22/2010

 

This is the second entry, first was titled Fertile ground.

 

 

 

 
 February 2010 Contest

 

 

 

  • Freeform/Free Verse
    • 100 characters or less, including title
    • Spaces will not be included as characters
    • Subject = Dirt
    • Contest Code = 022810
    • Prize = Antique Foutain Pen

I hope to see lots of other entrys!

— DawningDaytripper, Feb 23, 2010

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: Robe valley, WA, USA

Favorite Poets: All of them, for differant reasons. Neopoet poets have influenced me the most over the last 2 plus years. Great teachers. Edgar Allen Poe, Dickens, way to many to list...

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DawningDaytripper

DawningDaytripper

16 years 2 months ago

Thanks Mona, and I was

Thanks Mona, and I was thinking of the dust bowl tradegy when writing it. I think your entry was stellar. I would have picked yours if I had been a judge, but I am glad you liked mine. Julie D.D.