Daily Archives: March 30, 2020

Skeptical

Posted on March 30, 2020 by purplepeninportland

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

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged chaos, fear, hope, loneliness, magic | Comments Off

Joe Has A Bad Day

Posted on March 30, 2020 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged bad luck, car, lost, shopping, Wordle | Comments Off

Not Every Change is Good

Posted on March 30, 2020 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged defiance, elderly woman, spray paint, wall, Written from Art | 10 Comments

Response to “Birches” by Frost

Posted on March 30, 2020 by purplepeninportland

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 →