Safety Vest - The Spoken Whole

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Safety Vest

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Safety Vest

A Sonnet read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

The Spoken Whole

Dec 03, 2025

An ode to the ubiquitous silver and gold safety vest, in sonnet form. From the Poems For Ocean collection.

Reel-to-Reel image by Joe Haput CC BY

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