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Faces of Rain
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #301 “Have You Ever Seen The Rain? “Write on any aspect of rain.” Rain reigns supreme in this new world of deluge and destruction. Tears rain down faces of those who have lost all, … Continue reading
Captivated
Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #471 Words: scent, vanguard, glancing, breath, love, impact, captive, cornbread, accent, journey, moon, power She held him captive with her powerful scent of Jasmine Moon, impacting his breath as he whispered his love. Accent my … Continue reading
sunflower haiku
Written for: Sunday Muse #123 sunflowers, heads bent in a field of yellow and black one holds out hope http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/
Wagon-Training
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Meeting The Bar: verbing (posted by Bjorn) “Verbs turn the wheels and are so much more interesting than other word classes. Alas, our world is filling up with things, we have warehouses filling up … Continue reading
Building Blocks
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #34: Foundation (posted by Rommy) “Today I am asking you to consider the word foundation and use that to build up your words.” One of my fondest memories is the sight of … Continue reading
The Day She Changed Her Life
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United (posted by Magaly) Weekly Scribblings #33: “swallow screams for dinner” (words by Chrissa Sandlin) Write a new poem or prose which includes the phrase, “swallow screams for dinner” He taunted her with words of … Continue reading
What of Beauty
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet: Quatern A Quatern is a sixteen-line French form composed of four quatrains. – It is similar to the Kyrielle and the Retourne. – It has a refrain that revolves to a different place … Continue reading
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“jampots and butter”
Written for: The Twiglets – “jampots & butter” Well butter me up and slather me with jam– haven’t seen you in ages! I am a blackberry jampot thick and fragrant, looking for spot. A creamy soft butter would make my … Continue reading
What A Bum!
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #110 “Shall we bum around a bit? (posted by whimsygizmo) “Remember, the Quadrille is that pithy little creation of our own making: simply a poem of exactly 44 words, including one specific word … Continue reading
Trickle of Water
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #300 It Still Starts With A Seed Small stream bubbles over rocks and stones– peaceful movement. Water stirs and wakes picking up steam, merging into a long lake. Lazily, lake lounges and flows, reaching … Continue reading
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