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Animal Affair
Written for: Sunday Muse #144 Upon emerging from the ark, the animals were parched. Two by two they met at a fresh water pool. Tigers, pandas, giraffes, zebras, and more. Slurping, neighing, and hooting sounds echoed ’round. It was an … Continue reading
Pulling on my Soul
Written for: One Woman’s Quest – VJ’s Weekly Challenge“What Pulls on Your Soul?” Animals of all kinds pull at my heartstrings. Oceans call my name, as the tides ebb and flow. I want to go and absorb the vastness with … Continue reading
Crowded Room
Written for: Poetic Asides PAD November 2020 Challenge-Day 25 “For today’s prompt, write an exaggerated poem. Make it bigger; make it smaller; and/or make it whatever, as long as you exaggerate! Have fun with your poems more than ever today.” … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, Bop form, small spaces, stubbornness, Written for Challenge
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Holding The Moon
Written for: Sunday Muse #120 Holding a solid gold moon, secure in my antlers. Luminescence like an angel’s aura. Humans lack respect for the bountiful beauty provided them free of cost for all. The animal kingdom has placed their faith … Continue reading
Now That I Think Of It . . .
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United (posted by Rommy) Weekly Scribblings #31: What Makes You Smile? For this week’s scribblings, I’d like you to write about the things that make you smile. Send over your prose and poetic joys, both … Continue reading
How We Are Similar
Written for: Sunday Muse #107 (posted by Carrie) Whether human or animal, the instinct we share, to care for and fiercely protect our young is inherent in parents throughout the world. Methods and language may differ; care does not. Several … Continue reading
Sevenling . . . three robins
Written for: Poetic Asides Countdown to Challenge: T-minus 7 – Write a short poem. For: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet – Sevenling “The first three lines should contain an element of three. It could be three connected or contrasting statements, … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, flowers, hope, Sevenling, short poems, Spring, trees
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“dripping clay”
Written for: The Twiglets #165 – “dripping clay” Strange sculpture of elongated man looks like dripping clay The empty canvas sat on the floor as the artist dripped splotches of clay here and there. turtles, bunnies, dogs children having fun … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, clay, Haiku, limerick, Micro-poetry, relationship
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Owl and Wolf Go Canoeing
Written for: Sunday Whirl #439 Words: flew, merry, sun, chill, itch, wolf, slim, swagger, owl, cloak, tendril, chance Merry owl, and slim-cloaked wolf tossed off the tendrils of last night’s chill. Sun shone upon the land, and the two swaggering … Continue reading
Plan B
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #277 – Idioms “For this week’s prompt, We’d like a penny for your thoughts. Choose an idiom as inspiration. Don’t cut corners, but you might want to make a long story short. Or, go … Continue reading