Rowan Austin

The moon rose slow and amber above the sleeping harbor,

and Milo climbed down the salt-worn timber stairs

where the Starlight Sailboat lay rocking in the quiet bay.

A small wooden sailboat resting in calm moonlit waters.
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The Starlight Sailboat

With a whisper of hemp rope against iron cleats,

the little craft slipped free of earth,

rising softly on a tide of ascending stardust.

The sailboat floating above clouds toward islands adrift in the night sky.
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