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“Salem” – a sonnet

“Salem” is an original poem written by Jessica Murdoch, published in the Salem Weekly newspaper on September 3rd, 2015. As requested by #PopUpPoetry customer, Christine, the poem is a sonnet (specifically a Shakespearean-style sonnet) written in iambic pentameter, with the rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEFGG. © 2015 Rhetorical Redhead All Rights Reserved  

Writer’s Escape

Never be too busy taking care of others in such a way that you forget to take care of yourself…. Reconnecting with *me* tonight… ‘Well hullo there. It’s been a while. Pull up a bench. Let’s write.’ ….Mmkay. 🙂

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