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Open Front Window
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #296 – Open A Window “Poeticize what’s behind that closed door. Why is it closed? If you’ve had an experience where something had not gone in your favor only to lead to something amazing … Continue reading
Love Behind a Column
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #462 Words: cotton, coal, call, can, caress, cart, cacophony, cover, color, column, covet, corona Her eyes, color of coal, call to me. How I covet her, want to caress her, cart her off in … Continue reading
Pink Smoke
Written for: Sunday Muse #114 I am a ghost, your host of pink smoke, blown cotton candy. There you are, down below me. See how you are stuck in a bundle of branches, thorns piercing you. Chances ruined. I said … Continue reading
The Road to Moving On
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration – Potpourri Topic: Letting Go Character: Factory Worker Object: A Key Fob Setting: A Small Apartment “USE THESE AS THE SPARK FOR YOUR POETIC BRILLIANCE!” Joe is content with his job at … Continue reading
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Twenty-Five Years
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United (posted by Rommy) Weekly scribblings #25: “Well, That Was Unexpected” “Hello Word Artists and Admirers! For this week’s prompt I’d like you to shape your artistry around the word “unexpected”. You don’t need to … Continue reading
Beach Lace
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet: Haiku white lacy edges decorate the sandy shore hem of ocean https://poeticbloomings2.wordpress.com/
Blending Sheep
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt Write a piece of prose around the word “faceless” Do burqa-draped women feel faceless? Now that we mask day after day, mumbling sounds to our own ears and others, I … Continue reading
“if only”
Written for: The Twiglets #182 – “if only” I could be a rock star if only I had talent. If only you had turned around, our lives might have been different. sparrow pecks at bread bluejays muscle their way in … Continue reading
Northern Jewels
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday – “Traditional writing on a shining topic” (posted by Lillian) “Prompt is to write about something that relates to One Shining Moment for you. It could be an achievement, something you worked … Continue reading
Updating Dad (a sonnet)
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #295 – Yesterday and Today “Today is Father’s Day. As we did with Mom back in May, we can pay homage to the man who had a hand in giving us our start. Write … Continue reading
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