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Can you write a poem in ten minutes on a title chosen by someone other than yourself?

Here's your chance to prove you can!

Title: "Red Heron Takes Flight"

aaaand go! Remember to stop after ten minutes typing, then submit. Best answer goes to best effort.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

The red heron takes flight
Almost silently
No-one watches
Lights flicker on the display

It ploughs onward
Furrows a brow
That holds down a heart

Closer now,
Down through the valley
And over the lake
Below children sleep
Believing they??ll wake

Retreated from himself
To a single line of thought
The man at the stick
Is calm, calm like ice
A pin withdraws
From not a bomb, a device
And there??s falling

Men in suits hold their breath
Awaiting news of the shadow
The shadow of death


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