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Idle Verse: A Poetry Feature

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Jan 15, 2026
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Words

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Curls and swirls

Marks on a page

Able to enchant, bewitch

Describe a forgotten age.


Symbols of sound

Pictures of mind

All we cannot and can see

All we hope to find.


What may connect us

Or drive us apart,

Thrill or chill

Soul and heart.


We can be lost in mystery

Remove ourselves to other lands

Touch eternity

Take human history in …

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