- Follow purplepeninportland on WordPress.com
My Interview at Poets United
Interview by Sherry Marr of Poets United http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2015/04/life-of-poet-sara-mcnulty.html
Poems for Each Month
WD
inourbooks.com
Blogs I Follow
Top Posts & Pages
Inkblots from the purple pen
Chiaroscuro
Pages
- Follow purplepeninportland on WordPress.com
Inkblots from the purple pen
Categories
Monthly Archives: September 2020
Caught
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt (Devereaux and Beth) “Write a piece of prose or poetry that uses the words: child, predators, and politics” Caught! a child predator, now locked up, seen no more. But Leaders … Continue reading
“sky holds blue”
Written for: The Twiglets #196 – “sky holds blue: All traces of white clouds have vanished. Today the sky holds blue. Blue sky dapples ocean with dazzling lights small sad little boy April rains will ruin plans then sky turns … Continue reading
Posted in Purple's Home
Tagged blues, Haiku, invention, limerick, Micro-poetry, rains, sky
Comments Off on “sky holds blue”
Moon Music
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday – 09.28.20 to the Moon! (posted by Frank Tassone) “Let’s celebrate the Moon! Additionally, the Moon is a traditional Autumn kigo, those seasonal words so important to haiku. There are kigo for … Continue reading
Youth’s Dreams
Written for: Poetic Boomings2 – Prompt #305 – Summer Leaves? “When Summer leaves, Autumn comes rushing in. But, no one ever sings about Summer Leaves. So today I’ve listed part of the lyrics for Autumn Leaves. Use a phrase, word … Continue reading
Gingerbread Cottage
Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #475 Words: hypocrisy, lunch, foil, cat, why, fox, trust, sad, hoax, miss, liars, cottage Mrs. Fox lives in a gingerbread cottage. She takes considerable comfort in her calico cat, Cosmo. Distrusting store-bought pet food, she … Continue reading
Nuzzling Buddies
Written for: Sunday Muse #127 – “We’ve Got Cows . . . and Footnotes A farm girl left mostly on her own. She is never lonely. Mutual love and respect exists between farm girl and farm animals. Favorite friend of … Continue reading
Posted in Purple's Home
16 Comments
Lose The Smirk, Get To Work
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Meeting The Bar: Protest Poetry (posted by Grace) “Write a Protest Poem with a theme (e.g. voting, social justice, peace & war, violence, women’s rights, human rights, environment, pandemic, etc) in your blog. This … Continue reading
Garter Belts
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #38: A Helping String (posted by Rommy) “Think about things that act like a koshihimo (things meant only as a temporary or hidden support).” Then there were those naughty nylons. Black seams … Continue reading
Not A Believer
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Let Your Words Be your Paintbrush! (posted by Lillian) “In February 2018, I became acquainted with the often surreal art of Catrin Welz-Stein. She studied graphic design in Germany and then worked for … Continue reading
Close Your Eyes
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt (Devereaux and Beth) “Write a piece of prose or poetry that begins with: Where I go, no one can follow.” Where I go no one can follow, so just to … Continue reading
Posted in Purple's Home
Tagged follow, rules, run, written from a phrase
Comments Off on Close Your Eyes
purplepeninportland 