Daily Archives: August 21, 2014

Murder at Local Resort

Posted on August 21, 2014 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides #276 Write a news poem inspired from any part of the news. Famous local beach resort, bustling in the final month of summer, filled with regulars, tourists, and families with small children. Hotel room door is … Continue reading →

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Friends in Summer

Posted on August 21, 2014 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Creative Bloomings, InForm:  Monotetra The monotetra contains four lines in monorhyme. Each line is in tetrameter (four metrical feet) for a total of eight syllables.The last line contains two metrical feet, repeated. It can have one stanza or … Continue reading →

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Rats!

Posted on August 21, 2014 by purplepeninportland

Written for Margo Roby, Poem Tryouts, “Comic Relief” Comic strips are structured like poems. Each window is a stanza; they have a beginning a middle and an end; somewhere between the beginning and the end there is a turn towards … Continue reading →

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