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A Poem A Day by Romilly Wilde

366 poems day-by-day for a leap year

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      “The Flame of Mauna Loa” Kalehuaokeku’u, Hawaii (pre-1890)

      March 18, 2026

      I lit the night with Pele’s breath—

      My limbs danced in her red joy.

      The mountain pulsed

      and I, a spark in her laughter,

      sang into the lava sky.

      From A Poem A Day: Australasia & the Pacific

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