Daily Archives: December 6, 2021

The Trip

Posted on December 6, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #363 – Marley Was Dead “We are writing a “spirit” of Christmas. From your personal experience, write a past, present or future poem as you’ve lived it. The season fast approaches. As we prepare, … Continue reading →

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Caterwauling

Posted on December 6, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #530 Words: feline, chatter, burn, roar, edge, role, hive, hazy, stars, sign, curse, secret All that feline chatter– what is the matter with those cats? Sounds like the roar of a spirited boar. Puts … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged cats, females, males, noise, wailing | 3 Comments

Our World

Posted on December 6, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle Extra Words: control, lift, shooter, face, school, date, attack see, screen suck, second, worry For a second I was able to see the shooter’s face–a vacant screen, a blank slate. His movements were jerky, … Continue reading →

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Street Talk

Posted on December 6, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Picking up Some Pieces Posted by Laura Bloomsbury) “So for this prompt we are to write a Modernist/Post-Modernist Fragment poem ~by that I mean Either: a poem of several numbered stanzas. Each being complete … Continue reading →