Tag Archives: air

A Year Swept Away

Posted on January 3, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #367, Old or New “Write an “open door” poem or “closed door” poem.” Closed doors and closed rooms are best swept out with brooms to dismantle cobwebs, dust, and any troubled spirits who must … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged air, closed, doors, light, open | 5 Comments

Fading Rainbows

Posted on June 28, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #507 Words: beam, virtual, spectrum, time, bundle, box, tweak breathe, bruise, bit, torn, lost A broad- spectrum rainbow’s beams are virtually bundled colors, seen after rain. They cannot be tweaked or placed in a … Continue reading →

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Divine Light of Morning

Posted on December 21, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #487 Words: sigh, breathe, morning, open, light, divine, show, shine, bark, gasp, paste The divine light of morning shining through open branches, induces a sigh, pastes a smile on my face. I step outside and … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged air, breath, morning light, season | 7 Comments

Autumn’s Gift

Posted on September 15, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Writers’ Pantry #37: Rise of the stink bugs (posted by Rommy) “As someone who loves to notice the cycles of nature around me, and tries to find the beauty of every season, I try … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged air, autumn, colors, scents | 7 Comments

“innocent as air”

Posted on November 28, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #154 – “innocent as air” The air touches everyone, even those who are not innocent. innocent as air opinions and judgements unformed a newborn baby Do not blame unhealthy conditions on the air, for we have … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged air, American Sentence, Haiku, health, innocence, limerick, Micro-poetry | 4 Comments

Swirl of Freedom

Posted on September 1, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #71 From a raft she acts on a dream– dance in air feel red swirl of her skirt in the sea breeze. Freeze moment of time. http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged air, Dance, shadorma, swirl, Written from Art | 14 Comments

On The Roof

Posted on June 13, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides #484 “For today’s prompt, take the phrase “On (blank),” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and write your poem. Possible titles include: “On Point,” “On … Continue reading →

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the air sleeps

Posted on April 17, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #122 – “the air sleeps” The air sleeps, but does it dream? She sleepwalks on many a cold night, and does not feel the frigid air. On a still summer evening in a tranquil setting you … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged air, limerick, Micro-poetry, Night, sleep, Summer | 8 Comments

an embossed sky

Posted on September 11, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: the Twiglets #93 – “an embossed sky” sky embossed in blue sun-streaking September day blotted out by ash a memorial wall embossed in etchings names of the dead Air declared safe by the governor as responders … Continue reading →