Monthly Archives: April 2019

Love’s Demise

Posted on April 30, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides 2019 April PAD Challenge – Day 30! Write a Stop and/or Don’t Stop poem. You are crushing my heart, I never thought we’d part–’til now. We may have had our rows No reason to break vows … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged disbelief, hurt, Love, Luc bat form, Written for Challenge | 3 Comments

Some Questions

Posted on April 30, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – April Poems – Day 29 “Asking Questions” (posted by Bjorn) “I think especially open questions leads us to think, where answers leads blocks our thinking often in a dividing manner. So the … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged allergies, confidence, dreams, harmless, nightmares, questions, test, unicorns | 10 Comments

Lost Again

Posted on April 29, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides 2019 April PAD Challenge – Day 29 “For today’s prompt, take the phrase “(blank) Again,” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then write your … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged anxiety, changes, Englyn, lost, nightmare, recurring, Written for Challenge | Comments Off

Tunneling Into The Mind

Posted on April 29, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #53 In my mind’s eye I see you, my lost little girl, all in yellow. Oh, how you loved that color. Said it made you feel like you were wearing the sun. Why am I seeing old railroad … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged color, girl, Mind pictures, tunnel, waking dream, Written from Art | 12 Comments

At Autumn’s End

Posted on April 29, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #401 Words: factories, crackle, be, cut, mouse, overseer, grin, win, cast, diminish, worth, ideas Sidewalks strewn with autumn’s leaves of death crackle under her feet. The sooner these endings diminish, she thinks, it will … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged boss, dying leaves, factory, ignorance, Wordle | Comments Off

Music In Black And White

Posted on April 29, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – April Poems – Day 28 “Photographic Images Reimagined” (posted by Margaret) “These images are free to download and use. I linked the sites and you are also free to choose one for … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged black and white, dreams, neighborhood, piano music, Written for Challenge | 12 Comments

Crushed Expectations

Posted on April 29, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides 2019 April PAD Challenge – Day 28 “For today’s prompt, write a remix poem. That is, remix one of your poems from earlier in the month. There are many ways to do this. Turn a free … Continue reading →

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Wetland Figures

Posted on April 28, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – April Poems – Day 27 In a Station of the Metro (posted by Toni) Today is the 27th of the NAPOWRIMO! Only three more days until the end. Some of us are … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged bowing, cattails, wetlands, white tops | 10 Comments

Over The Mountain

Posted on April 27, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides 2019 April PAD Challenge – Day 27 “For today’s prompt, pick a direction, make that the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. There are so many directions: north, south, up, down, left, right, … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged caution, expectations, mountain, mystery, Rondelay form, side, Written for Challenge | 2 Comments

Forms of Recycle

Posted on April 26, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – April Poems – Day 26 “Reboot, Rewind, Recycle, Rebirth” (posted by Outlawyer) And take a deep breath. (If you have been doing a poem a day in April, take several! ) The … Continue reading →