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Fresh Cement
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #26: Pavement (posted by Sanaa) “Our challenge today is to write while inspired by pavement.” “Under the pavement the dirt is dreaming of grass.” — Wendell Berry In fresh cement of new … Continue reading
Ocean Opera
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – July Covid-19 PAD – Day 3 – “A Day At The Beach” What can you hear? We are looking for poems about the sounds heard at lake/ocean side. Sand shushes next to my blanket– quick … Continue reading
Diary of a Non-picky Eater
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – July Covid-19 PAD – Day 2 “Eat At Joe’s” – What is your favorite cuisine? As far as cuisines go I seem to love them all, from favorite Italiano to curry’s pungent call. Barbecued pulled … Continue reading
Knives Out
Written for: Poetic Bloominsg2 – Covid-19 P.A.D. – Day 1 – “Grand Re-opening” (movies) “Hello poets! We’re re-opening the world today. Here we will not concern ourselves with that insidious viral infection this month. It has done enough harm and … Continue reading
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haiku for moonlight
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt “Write something around the words “mystic moonlight”. magnet at midnight she is drawn to the window mystic moonlight https://godoggocafe.com/
“we romantics”
Written for: The Twiglets #183 – “we romantics” We are The Romantics– all requests taken. Remember how romantic we were until you mother moved in? everlasting romance they glide ‘cross pond, black velvet swans–mated for life He considered himself a … Continue reading
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Tagged fed up, Haiku, limerick, Micro-poetry, romance, songs, swans
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Open Front Window
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #296 – Open A Window “Poeticize what’s behind that closed door. Why is it closed? If you’ve had an experience where something had not gone in your favor only to lead to something amazing … Continue reading
Love Behind a Column
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #462 Words: cotton, coal, call, can, caress, cart, cacophony, cover, color, column, covet, corona Her eyes, color of coal, call to me. How I covet her, want to caress her, cart her off in … Continue reading
Pink Smoke
Written for: Sunday Muse #114 I am a ghost, your host of pink smoke, blown cotton candy. There you are, down below me. See how you are stuck in a bundle of branches, thorns piercing you. Chances ruined. I said … Continue reading
The Road to Moving On
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration – Potpourri Topic: Letting Go Character: Factory Worker Object: A Key Fob Setting: A Small Apartment “USE THESE AS THE SPARK FOR YOUR POETIC BRILLIANCE!” Joe is content with his job at … Continue reading
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Tagged healing, personal loss, scenario, work, written from words
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