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Title:       Pairs
Date:        2026-04-27
Link:        https://spool-five.com/poetry/2026_apr27_pairs/
Word Count:  121
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> Last but not least, here’s today’s (optional) prompt. Start by reading
> Robert Fillman’s poem, “There should always be two.” Now, write your
> own poem in which all the verses contain the same number of lines (whether
> couplets, triplets, quatrains, etc.) and in which you give the reader
> instructions of some kind.


Only one is a wanderer
A lonely ponderer

Two together are always
going somewhere, ablaze

With twin flame of delight
and devotion, a bright

Star at night, calling out
to its partner. Don't doubt

That you can hear its echo trembling
Through lonely pieces assembling

the morning light's trace
Falling lightly from space

A red apple and green pear
an unlikely pair

Going somewhere