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Put It Aside
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Write a poem using, “bury hatchets under buried bodies” bury your hatchets time to forgive and forget too late when buried https://godoggocafe.com/
“like fingerprints”
Written for: The Twiglets #233 – like fingerprints child draws in colorful fingerprints He proclaimed his innocence until his fingerprints were lifted from the murder weapon. like crescent moons miniature in size new baby’s prints Impeccably dressed, breath of mint … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, child, dirt, fingerprints, Haiku, limerick, Micro-poetry
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The Will of Weather
Written for: Poetic Bloomings #340 – Make Your Choice “Today, the prompt is up to you. This is sort of a wild card day. I will offer three categories from which you choose where your poem takes you. The choices … Continue reading
Fading Rainbows
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #507 Words: beam, virtual, spectrum, time, bundle, box, tweak breathe, bruise, bit, torn, lost A broad- spectrum rainbow’s beams are virtually bundled colors, seen after rain. They cannot be tweaked or placed in a … Continue reading
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Tagged air, color, fading, fibonacci form, rainbows, Wordle
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Animal Classifieds
Written for: Sunday Muse #166 Wolf seeking new home Must have adequate forestry Dens required Running water No fixer-uppers http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/
Middle Of The Night
In middle of night, I wake in a fright. Nightmare. Its come back again, and I wonder when to dare close my eyes to light, and banish that sight elsewhere.
Grasping A Moment
I cannot grasp my moment. They all go by so quickly Look at an old photograph; start with laugh, end with weeping. That moment passed by, new one popped up. Hold on to a moment, for then it it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Boketto form, grasping, moments, Time
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Divisions of Time
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics (posted by Lisa) One True Sentence “Pick one of Hemingway’s quotes to be inspired by, and write a poem.” Time has been divided into days, hours, minutes. Time is only an idea. Now … Continue reading
The Days of Lemonade
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe Tuesday Writing Prompt (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Write a poem using “lemonade days”. Children set up a stand selling lemonade in days of Summer. Friends lent them a helping hand, dependent of course … Continue reading
“shadows vanish”
Written for: The Twiglets #232 – “shadows vanish” When his shadow vanished so did I. After the plum-scarlett sky vanished, night occluded the beach. Not even shadows could be seen. shadows imprinted confused frog on lily pad sees two reflections … Continue reading
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