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Tonight's Poet Corner: Sonnet Solstice #52

A Bell A Day Was Left by Belinda Roddie A bell a day was left on my doorstep. Not large old things with wooden handles carved, but little jingle bells like from a sled with horse dragging it down the boulevard, and they rang quite a sweet sound, silver spheres of soft delight. I took them to my room and hung them by red ribbons so my ears would be soothed as I slept through nights of gloom. I didn't know who was sending me these tokens of music. It certainly was not an accident. I even sent seas of letters out asking what was the cause. Then one day, at the door, I saw a bell wrapped in a bow, child's handwriting. How swell!

Today's OneWord: Stillness

Stillness stalled me, made me motionless and wary. Crinkled coffee on my collar. Sprinkled dissonance on tabletops. Kept me wondering when I'd hear noise again. He was sitting across from me. Salted caramel caught the corners of his lips. He was very quietly counting ten-dollar bills. I found green within green.