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Monthly Archives: March 2020
Encouragement
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun 30/03/20: Snapshots of our Lives (posted by Kim) “I’m Kim from Writing in North Norfolk, your host for this Haibun Monday. For my challenge, I ask you to go back into your archives … Continue reading
Skeptical
Written for: Poetics Aside April PAD Countdown: T-minus 2 “Write a hope poem.” My best hope now is for a genie in a bottle to grant me a wish of restored health and calmness. https://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides https://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides
Joe Has A Bad Day
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #449 Words: maze, wreck, crawl, back, armed, last, trapped, hand, stash, land, chatter, saw Armed with twenty-four rolls of toilet paper to add to his stash, Joe rushes out to his car only to … Continue reading
Not Every Change is Good
Written for: Sunday Muse #101 When bricks age their colors change adding character to a wall. If you persist in ruining this wall by graying it with colorless concrete, I will be forced to continue tagging it in bright spray … Continue reading
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Tagged defiance, elderly woman, spray paint, wall, Written from Art
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Response to “Birches” by Frost
Written for: Poetic Asides Countdown to April PAD – T-minus 3 A milder March gives way to April’s indecisiveness. Budded trees may open only to close like delicate daffodils in chill wind. So sad am I to see a promising … Continue reading
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Tagged dependency, growth, Inspired by another poem, Seasons
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Lucille
Written for: Poetic Asides April PAD Challenge Countdown: T-minus 4 “Write an elegy.” Lucille lived but a brief time She liked her cigarettes and wine Some thought her crass; Lucille had a heart She lived life fully, then did depart … Continue reading
A Magic 9 Poem
Written for: Poetics Aside Countdown to April Challenge-Countdown: T-minus 5 A non-computer virus lives, spreading illness, death and fear. Our country tops the rest, yet active measures happen state by state, while our orange leader’s objective is to have churches … Continue reading
Go Sit in The Back
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #12: “Nevertheless, She Persisted” (posted by Magaly) “Write poetry or prose which included the words, “She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.” This bus is segregated, she was … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights, persistence, segregation, written from words
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Sevenling . . . three robins
Written for: Poetic Asides Countdown to Challenge: T-minus 7 – Write a short poem. For: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet – Sevenling “The first three lines should contain an element of three. It could be three connected or contrasting statements, … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, flowers, hope, Sevenling, short poems, Spring, trees
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Sheltering Surprises
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Now I Can See . . . (posted by Mish) “As we find ourselves trying to cope and navigate through these extremely stressful and unprecedented times, it may seem as though we are … Continue reading
