Pompeii

The gods have smiled on us

By Laurel DreyersPublished 3 years ago • Updated 3 years ago • 1 min read

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How blessed is our land

Fruitful at the mountain foot

atop shaking ground

sad poetry nature poetry

About the Creator

Laurel Dreyers

I write Sci-fi, fiction, poetry, and horror. Some of my favorite books are the Lunar Chronicles, Agatha Christie mysteries, and the Sherlock Holmes memoirs.

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