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High atop the mountain, trees look more like shrubs, demarcating flat plats of land,
Spreading toward an as yet to be determined line
When land drops away and sky begins.
Scatterings of stone and eldritch boulders mar this surface of moonlight and shadow,
A broad sword pitted from battles both won and lost.
She drops her head, noting the silver orb’s journey across a sky deeper than any earthly truth.
Its light frosts one side of her paw, and then the other.
She waits for an answer, hoping it will be different this time.
And just before the sun rises, as it always does, she lifts her head and howls.
© Liz Husebye Hartmann (2024)
Valley of the Trolls 
Sometimes I almost feel like howling, too.
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Absolutely. Nice to not feel completely alone in this, eh?
Thanks for your comment, Mimi!
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Wonderfully atmospheric, Liz!
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Thank you for your comment, Keith!
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Fabulous!
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Thank you, Chris. So kind!
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And now we know why they howl!
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😉
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Nice phrase: “deeper than any earthly truth“. I like how she waits for an answer and howls as the sun rises.
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Thank you, Frank. Still not sure whether her howl was hope, or despair. 😏
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very excellent
(fave): “...eldritch boulders mar this surface of moonlight and shadow,“
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Thanks, Clark. Glad it resonated!
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Excellent.
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Thank you, Misky! ⚘
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Wow! Excellent writing Liz.
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Thank you, Sadje! 💜
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You’re most welcome
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⚘
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🌺
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Primitive, poetic, raw…”she lifts her head and howls.”
Good Six, Liz.
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Thanks, you are so kind!
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Powerful, Liz. You’ve outdone yourself here!
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Wow, thank you! Never sure with my poetry. Glad it resonated!
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Yeah, I hear ya! Fear not. Ya done good!
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:-) <3
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“…deeper than any earthly truth”…Aye.
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In the unsettling beyond…
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