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Free Verse Poetry

Capable

J.L. Littlejohn
2 min readDec 20, 2020

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times even in the grip of trouble
get no less a sunrise than sun is capable
the capable beauty all we have…
–Ed Roberson

Motionlessㅤand surely dead
the sparrow’s feathers neat ㅤcame claimed.
Bore cleanㅤas if to sleep somehow
it tucked its tiny feet then self
in between the eye-teeth of a cat
life-lustered black…

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J.L. Littlejohn

Poet/Storyteller ~A Conflict of Words in Tussle With a Pen for a Life of Rhyme. Look for my Poetry on Lit Up