To the Would-Be Poet

In distant attics

unmarked boxes
(since misplaced)
secure your
yellowed manuscripts:

those ageless words
nobody heard

you penned
once unforgettably.




To the Would-Be Poet © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.

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20 words (prompt limit).  Forgotten Dreams brevity challenge prompt - link: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2758861-Brevity--20-words-or-less
Submitted: August 26, 2020









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