Daily Archives: August 8, 2021

Remembered

Posted on August 8, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #346 “It Suits Me Fine” Using one suit from a deck of cards for poem. Put in the ground with a spade, small wooden marker placed. Those who thought her forgotten did not see … Continue reading →

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Incident At River

Posted on August 8, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #513 Words: breath, river, beams, touch, summer, paper, simple, needles, swallows, humble, bend, crowd She gazed at the breadth of the river as beams of summer sunlight touched the bones and bend of her back. … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Belle

Posted on August 8, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #172 (posted by Carrie) She does not understand. Why did her beloved Belle, resplendent in scarlet and pine green feathers, fly away. For five days she waits each morning, dragging the parrot’s cage to forest’s edge. … Continue reading →

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Life Stagnates

Posted on August 8, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #81: Change and Renewal (posted by Rosemary) Write about change/renewal Stagnation Still as a silent lake turned to glass in winter. There is no backward. I move forward by rote. Pulsing, pounding … Continue reading →

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