Daily Archives: August 21, 2019

Of Tea Parties and Mad Queens

Posted on August 21, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics:  Smoke and Mirrors  (posted by Gospel Isoceles) “As we think about our own place within this complex construct of empty rhetoric and doublespeak, optical illusion and obscure motives; let us also remember most … Continue reading →

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Poets Fitting Moods

Posted on August 21, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Tuesday Platform  (posted by Anmol) “I have been thinking about the condition of the world that we live in and where we are headed. In that context, reading Sylvia Plath doesn’t provide … Continue reading →

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“a mile wide”

Posted on August 21, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  The Twiglets #140 – “a mile wide” They stood together, the distance between them a mile wide. In terms of miles, she could only see them as linear. each felt lost, lonely divided by the sea a mile … Continue reading →

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