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Monthly Archives: February 2022
Setting The Record Straight
Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #542 Words: threshold, vinyl, shell, no, hidden, spin, fiddle, turtle, amidst, neck, design, noise As a turtle, I am seen by some spinners of tales, as never sticking my neck out, staying hidden under my … Continue reading
See Me
Written for: The Sunday Muse #200 “I am going to feature 10 of some of the top viewed images of the last 4 years. You can choose the one you feel speaks to you, but when you write your post, … Continue reading
War
Written for: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Sunday Time Challenge #4: War “I really don’t know what I have to believe, I don’t know how long the “Free World” will stay free. I, ofcourse, hope this is just a Nightmare and … Continue reading
Persistance
Written for: Friday Writings #15 – “After” Another When you write a poem heavily influenced by another poem you always acknowledge it with the word ‘after’ and the original poet’s name. One also sometimes sees, ‘After Reading [name of a … Continue reading
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Tagged fighting, Inspired by another poem, moving, personal, rebellion, Thoughts, uncertainty
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Sliding Water
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetry Form: Sparrowlet (posted by Grace) “The elements of the Sparrowlet are: . stanzaic, written in any number of sixains. (A stanza of 6 lines). . syllabic, lines of 8 syllables each. (Often written … Continue reading
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Tagged comfort, movement, Peace, Sparrowlet form, trickling water, wandering
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Ending An Unhealthy Friendship
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Write a poem about standing up to an enemy, or an obstacle in your life.” She and I were good friends. Confided in, imbibed with, … Continue reading
“falling off”
Written for: The Twiglets #267 – “falling off” His grades were falling off. Cell phone confiscated. Look at that boy! Gray underwear sticking out of pants balanced precariously on his hips. Isn’t he worried that they’ll slip off? falling from … Continue reading
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Tagged bike, blossoms, Haiku, limerick, Micro-poetry, pants, School
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Salts Of The Earth
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #146 Let’s Get Salty (posted by WhimsyGizmo) “Today, I want you to sprinkle the word salt into your poems. Whether you make it the seasoned center, or just dash a smidge of it … Continue reading
Thirty to Fifty
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #374 – Chapter and Verse “Our lives seem to go by in phases. We can almost divide these lives into chapters like in a book. Think of your lives in three separate chapters. Title … Continue reading
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Tagged Friends, music, peak, twenty years, Villanelle form
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A Teller of Tales
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #451 Words: mouth, fluttered, door, ghost, sky, spring, step, weaving stories, boom, scuffling, temples Stories swept along from the mouths of one generation to the next. They told of ghost figures tattooed on his … Continue reading
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