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A Lost Jewel

Linette Rabsatt 1976 (Tortola)

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illegally regal
she stands
a lost jewel
with no setting
or settling place
as if she was
lost in space
a hopeless case
ageless but paid less
and under-appreciated
she's never deviated
from her journey
but her value
depreciated
and her worth
is no longer debated
certainly under-rated
cascaded into the night
a lost jewel
from the crown of torns

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I wrote this poem on the spot. I started with the opening line and it flowed from there.

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Submitted by knots76 on August 27, 2023

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Scheme abAcdeddfgghigjgklAb
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 343
Words 60
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
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Linette Rabsatt

I am a Virgin Islander with roots in the British and United States Virgin Islands. I recently published a Kindle book, "Be Inspired: Poems by Linette Rabsatt." You can also find my work in "Virgin Islands Callaloo: Poems from the Caribbean" and on the Visual Verse website. In addition, I share some pieces in British Virgin Islands newspapers and on my blog, Words of Ribbon. more…

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