My second poem for Thursday June 26 2025 The Lonesome Witch Jill

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Jun 25, 2025, 12:04:28 AM6/25/25

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Here's my second poem for Thursday's discussion, June 26, 2025. You might well ask, "What possessed Jill?"

I made each stanza 7 lines (7 considered "a lucky number") to add some symmetry to the poem. --Jill

  Jill Stockinger
  THE LONESOME WITCH
  There is no magic
  in this world
  stronger than my own,
  but sadly, it’s not
  strong enough
  to make the world
  love me.

  I’ll turn
  into a wood thrush,
  and I’ll go
  winging through
  the world,
  calling, “Love me,
  love me, love me.”

  And so she did,
  until one fine day,
  a hunter in the woods
  lifted his small pellet gun
  and shot her
  for making
  too much noise.