Sharp Edge Of Night (with audio)

Sharp edge of night
eviscerates the day
spewing dark o’er the land
keeping light at bay

Night exerts full reign
beneath its haughty crown
extinguishing signs of life
across the forlorn town

With curtains drawn
the ritual begins
and day succumbs
to nighttime’s whims

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Linked to dVerse Poets Pub — Quadrille #141: Heady is the Poem That Wears the Crown, where De Jackson is hosting and asked us to pen a quadrille using the word crown.

Linked to Fandango’s One Word Challenge (FOWC), where today’s word is haughty.

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Quadrille: A poetic form introduced at dVerse Poets Pub circa 2011. The rules for Quadrille: not including the title, a poem of exactly 44 words using the prompt word or its variant.

Quadrille Defined in a Quadrille

Image: By Ron Rowland

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