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Night, the Elixir

Ravi Panamanna

Rhymed
Ploughmen homeward return
Boatswain makes his last call.
Travelers leave the trail
Lanterns throw a light pale.

Moonlight swiftly glides
Singular chirp remains.
Footsteps presently recede,
Stars soliloquize.

Upon the hills
Clouds repose.
Among the fields
A wind chimes.

Not a lark
Not a limerick.
Only blank verses,
Lovers drink the elixir.

In a wave of cold
Man wraps a single fold.
In a pool of dream
Man floats sublimely.
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Not a lark Not a limerick. Only blank verses, Lovers drink the elixir.

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Written on July 07, 2017

Submitted by ravi_panamanna on December 18, 2023

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Scheme XABB CXXX XXXX XXXX DDXAC
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 450
Words 87
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 5
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Ravi Panamanna

 · 1956 · Ottapalam

My actual name is Subramanian A. I am a retired official of the State Bank of India. Settled in Palakkad, Kerala, India. My literary awards include The Barath Award for Literature (best story), and the Poiesis Awards both in Poetry and short story, all conducted jointly by Xpress publications.com. My interests cover photography, philosophy, and science. Google search under Ravi Panamanna would take the searcher to my various links. more…

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