Monthly Archives: July 2017

Snapshots Out of Order

Posted on July 31, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #310 Words: surrender, follow, heat, scan, trip, archaic, bend, stitch, scent, sail, shine, sliver Slivers of shimmering heat shine and bend like archaic fun-house mirrors. Scan horizon where sails gleam, surrendering to flow of … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged distortions, light shapes, sun, Wordle | Comments Off

Evolution

Posted on July 31, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads: A Glance at Narrative Think of some story in writing your poem. It could be the story of a moment or of a lifetime, and it need not be fully detailed. (imagined … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged fear of unknown, narrative, new, Written from Art | 11 Comments

Mind Painting

Posted on July 28, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Sanctuary In the din and bustle of daily life all need a little sanctuary to rest, heal and revive; a space to de-clutter stressful thoughts; a moment to usher in a glimmer of hope; a … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged creation, peaceful, sanctuary, water | 10 Comments

Mount Hood Before Me

Posted on July 27, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Flexing your verbs (posted by Kim) It has become quite a thing to turn nouns and adjectives into verbs – we’ve all done it here at dVerse. But how about using verbs in … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged mountain, senses, verb play | 8 Comments

Pipe Cleaners

Posted on July 27, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides #403 – Write a poem about a useful item, though seemingly innocuous. On occasion, Dad smoke a pipe. I discovered that the white, ropey stick could be coerced into stick figures or strange animal shapes. Later … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged creativity, Friendship, Object, pipes | 2 Comments

Dog Conference

Posted on July 25, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #34, “not at all human” The dogs agreed. Better off not being a human. https://thetwiglets.wordpress.com/

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged animals, humans, Micro-poetry | 1 Comment

Respect

Posted on July 25, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday: Free For All (posted by hayesspencer) Today is Free For All – meaning, you can choose your subject for the haibun. However there are still some rules: The haibun must be one … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Age, Haibun, wisdom, youth | 25 Comments

‘spot’

Posted on July 23, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Haiku Horizons – “Spot” red with black spots alights for brief moment ladybug on my arm https://haikuhorizons.wordpress.com/

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged colors, Haiku, insect | 8 Comments

The Open Sea

Posted on July 23, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #309 Words: carry, sea, mean, shake, born, post, pick, trigger, string, beam, nothing, poor They carried his ashes out to sea, that sailor born with nothing but dreams. A Navy man, retired, drawn to … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged death, lighthouse, passion, sea, storm | 7 Comments

Patience

Posted on July 23, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem Writing and Enjoying Haiku #3 classical haiku In the last episode of “Writing and Enjoying Haiku” you had to create haiku without rules, this time, I love to challenge you to create haiku following the rules, … Continue reading →