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Monthly Archives: December 2016
This Poem
This poem plays hopscotch, jumps rope, races down blocks. No ticking clock. This poem is freedom to take your time. Sit by a stream and dream. This poem shapes clay into funny figures and animals. Be inspired to act on … Continue reading
What Next?
Written for: Elizabeth’s Creativity Challenge #40 Word for Today: Finish The finish has dulled on surface of this past year. Will a new coat of gloss make a difference? I hope our fears lessen, but my hopes are not high. … Continue reading
Morning Fresh
Written for: Carpe Diem #1108, Promise by Thomas Bergersen out of dark night dawn pink lights up the sky butterflies rain down camellias circle her face she wakens in morning, fresh http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.nl/
Posted in Purple's Home
Tagged butterflies, color, Dawn, flowers, Night, tanka, written from music
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Allow Me
Written for: Elizabeth’s Creativity Challenge – #39 Word for today: Silence Sit quietly, and just breathe. Concentrate on the sound of your own breathing, entering and leaving your body. Once your mind has quieted, breathe deeply for a few moments, … Continue reading
Flood
Written for: Carpe Diem #1107, Symphony No. 1 by Giovanni Sgambati we must gather strength Mother Nature’s anger in unleashed flood http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.nl/
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Tagged flood, strength, together, written from music
Easing One-On-One
Written for: Elizabeth’s Creativity Challenge #38 The word for today: Relief Easing upset in a stressed–out world is a goal too large to fulfill. Still, if each person helped a friend in distress, while we are pulling together to make … Continue reading
An Unsuitable Implement For Croquet
Written for: Poetic Asides #377 – For today’s prompt, take the phrase “An Unsuitable (blank) for (blank),” replace the blanks with a word or phrase, make the new the phrase the title of your poem, and then, write the poem. Where … Continue reading
Posted in Purple's Home
Tagged animals, games, imagination, inspired by short story
Winter Night
Written for: Carpe Diem #1106, Symphony No. 11, The Winter by Joachim Raff a winter night white sky meets white ground, lights blaze heading for home http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.nl/
Circles
Written for: Elizabeth’s Creativity Challenge – Day 37 Word for Today: Path Paths criss-crossed, and at times, circled back around. Took some chances, many on impulse, but life was never dull–or not for long. In my play, I gathered scenes. Some were … Continue reading
Written for: Elizabeth’s Creativity Challenge – Day 36 Word for today: Invigorate A walk in crisp weather awakens your senses, a chance to look for new sights in nature, or on city streets, and shop windows. See some new … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, distractions, holiday season, Written for Challenge
