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Free Verse · Love

Solid Ground

by The QuillOak Editors

1You are not loud about it,

2the way you hold things up:

3the shelf, the day, the bad news,

4me.

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Poem
Solid Ground
Poet
The QuillOak Editors
Length
4 lines
Form
Free Verse, Short Poems
Themes
Love, For Him, Short

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QuillOak originalSolid Ground, authored for QuillOak by The Quillery
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Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
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