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Seasons of a House
Written for: Sunday Muse #179 In Autumn leaves flutter, form a carpet ’round the house whose appearance shouts Winter. Slats seem faded and worn against gold blanket. When cold weather blows in, the frame will splinter. If only this house … Continue reading
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Tagged Seasons, Love, Written from Art, Sonnet, laughter, house, generations
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Refusing The News
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetry Form: Zégel (posted by Grace) “The elements of the simplest and most common form of the Zéjel are: 1. syllabic, most often written in 8 syllable lines. 2. stanzaic, opening with a mono-rhymed … Continue reading
morning glories
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Use the words, tomorrow, death, and glory.” morning glories light spreads joy on this Spring day leaves death for tomorrow https://godoggocafe.com/
“let me go mad”
Written for: The Twiglets # 245 – “let me go mad” Let me go, madness is just around the corner. Put me in Wonderland where everyone is mad, and no one will notice. she fears madness even on this lovely … Continue reading
Beyond Suffering
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #136 “Let’s Linger” (posted by Linda Lee Lyberg) She lingers at her mother’s side, acutely aware of the depleted body lying in bed– ghostlike, ethereal as if she has already passed into another … Continue reading
Power of Humor
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 Prompt #352 – Many From One “On Wednesday, during our exploration of Wallace Stevens’ work through his “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”, I instructed you to be mindful of this piece of poetics. Stevens … Continue reading
Frayed
Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #519 Words: streaming, free, line, fray, try, nothing, sharp, sheen, rights, daily Her life frays like hem of old jeans. Sharp losses suffered daily. A line is drawn in the sand. One side streams with … Continue reading
Should You Tire
Written for: Sunday Muse #178 “Pick one image to write about.” I had high hopes for us– happy marriage and children. Hollywood will adore you, dear, my loss. Should you tire of stardom you will find stars await silvering my … Continue reading
At The County Fair
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #87: “Let’s Go To The Fair” (posted by Rommy) “For today’s prompt I want you to write about one (or more) things you might find at a fair and write about that. … Continue reading
In The Zephyrs of Spring
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe Tuesday Writing Prompt: “whisper through me” (posted by Devereaux and Beth) As the zephyrs of Spring tickle my neck and tease my arms, I sense a bee-buzz of anticipation around my head like a … Continue reading
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Tagged breath, memories, Spring, whisper, written from words
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