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Eritela

  • A Nighttime Lullaby

    I wrote this at the end of ninth grade.-----A Nighttime LullabyThe sun has set far beyondTo settle in distant lands.The blacks fade into the sky,Smooth to the touch of your ...

    • Poetry
    • Narrative
    1 min read
  • The Sunset

    I wrote this in seventh grade.--The SunsetThe sun disappears slowly behind the mountains' peaksFramed by the cloudless sky.The wind blows softly and in my ear it speaksOf ages long gone ...

    • Poetry
    • Narrative
    1 min read
  • Like the Rainclouds

    Obviously it's not very good, but my 'on command' poems almost never are.I wrote this at the end of ninth grade for a poem assessment, where I had to identify ...

    • Poetry
    • Narrative
    1 min read
  • Nighttime Sorrows

    As opposed to my "Like the Rainclouds", this is one of my 'darkness' poems.I wrote this in seventh grade. Can you tell I was feeling a little suicidal? Yeah, seventh ...

    • Poetry
    • Dramatic
    2 min read


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