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Poetry  1 min

He That Endure

Mason Maxfield

Mason Maxfield
Mason G. Maxfield, a graduate of Snow College, has been published within multiple literary compilations including the 2019 and 2020 editions of Weeds. Mason grew up in the small town of Kanosh Utah and is the fourth of eight children. His passion for patterns ranges from poetry to mathematics. He is currently enveloped in graphical analysis of the circumference of an ellipse given various radii.
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A beast of the sky
Didst sour ever high
And spotted well
The stirring gale

With simple ease
He cleared the breeze
And soon thereafter
Found cause for laughter

Quite tattered and slow
A beast flew bellow
Quick of decent
Predator went

A duel engaged
A battle raged
The once supposed prey
Didst conquer that day

Though tattered indeed
The Storm did concede
That stronger still
Was this beast's will

So judged as weak
Many might seek
Yet mightier sure
Is he that endure
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