The following poem is a contest winner for Prime 53 Poem Summer Challenge and was originally published in Issue 251 of Prime Number Magazine Jan-Apr 2024.

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Style: Prime 53 Poem

Prompt: Adhere to style guidelines.

As seen on Press53.com: The challenge is to write a “Prime 53 Poem”

Your poem must adhere to the following rules:

· Total syllable count of 53

· Eleven total lines

· First three stanzas are three lines each with a 7 / 5 / 3 syllable count

· Final stanza must be two lines with a 5 / 3 syllable count, for a total syllable count of 53

· Rhyme scheme (slant/soft rhymes work) aba cdc efe gg

Summary: The total line count of a Prime 53 Poem is a prime number (11), the syllable count in each line of the three, three-line stanzas are prime numbers (7 / 5/ 3) and each line of the last two-line stanza are prime number (5 / 3), making the poem’s total syllable count a prime number (53).