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Just In Time
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #80 – Sudden Moments (posted by Rosemary) “I would love to read what you have to say about sudden events which people somehow sensed coming – and also those which they didn’t. … Continue reading
A Dream Instead
Written for Go Do Go Cafe Donna Matthews Challenge: Rondel form “The Rondel consists of 13 lines in 3 stanzas Rhyme scheme: ABba/abAB/abbaA (uppercase letters are refrains) Usually 8 syllables per line” Last night, asleep, a vivid dream rolled in, … Continue reading
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Bridging
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: The Proverbial (posted by Merrill) “For this prompt, choose a proverb or a pair of proverbs. Use them as you wish—as an epigraph or within the poem. Be serious or funny. You can … Continue reading
Steeped in Greed
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe, Donna Matthews challenge: A Rondeau “The rondeau has a refrain and rhymes–two elements of many French poems. The traditional rondeau is a poem consisting of 3 stanzas, 13 original lines, and 2 refrains (of … Continue reading
“a wooden puppet”
Written for: The Twiglets #237 – “a wooden puppet” On the dance floor he resembled a wooden puppet. Children’s mouths gaped open, as the wooden puppet’s nose began to grow. little boy sketching his pencil draws sharp angles a wooden … Continue reading
Stream Dreaming
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille Monday #132 Your poem theme: Stream posted by (whimsygizmo) First, a quote: In your dream-scheme of things a stream may appear. Listen for water’s sound as it flows over stones. A streamlet has … Continue reading
Who Wins The Game Of Give And Take?
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2, Prompt #344 Neither a Borrower Nor Lender Be “We are borrowing and lending. In any machination of these terms, write your poem. We’re looking at a borrow poem, or a lend poem.” If I could borrow … Continue reading
The Magician
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #511 Words: legendary, sky, ring, rekindle, spontaneous, heats, sparks, rising, future, magic, dress, far The legendary magician was the darling of audiences, far from where his star began to rise. Wearing several rings that … Continue reading
Tattered, But Safe
Written for: Sunday Muse #170 I am torn and tattered because I never truly mattered to little Susie. Devil was in that child. Even her parents were wary of her. She burned me, drew symbols on my face, and left … Continue reading
Tea and Cupcakes
Written for: Poets and Storytellers (posted by Rommy) Merriam-Webster defines a way station as 1: a station set between principal stations on a line of travel (such as a railroad) 2: an intermediate stopping place. “Use the idea of a … Continue reading
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