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The Royal Chair
Written for: the Sunday Muse #23 How dare they leave me outdoors where floating fog threatens to dampen my demeanor. The Czarina would never have treated me to so callously. Ah, but those days of royalty are past. Although times … Continue reading
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Tagged Another POV, furniture, imagination, quality, Written from Art
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Rock’s POV
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #45 – Rock (posted by Mish) Use it as a verb. Rock us gently or rock our world. Use it as a noun. Is it a polished precious stone, a beach treasure or … Continue reading
Visit Me
Written for: dVerse Poetics: From Nature’s Point of View (posted by Mish) Write a poem from the perspective of one of nature’s gifts…a tree, a wildflower, a leaf in the wind or even through the eyes of a wise old … Continue reading
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Tagged Another POV, nature, Seasons, tree
Straight From The Fish’s Mouth
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #264 Words: precise, threat, veiled, ignorant, tapestry, sparkle, bee, mutable, lightness, cuttlefish, flake shine No, not a cuddlefish, a cuttlefish. What an ignorant flake. Do any of us look cuddly to you? We are … Continue reading
My Ed
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub-Poetical Spouses (posted by Kim) The challenge for this week’s Poetics is to take a character, fictional or non-fictional, and re-write their story from the point of view of their husband or wife. “Dame Carol Ann … Continue reading
Shaman haiku
Written for: Carpe Diem #858, Throat Songs of the Steppes In Mongolian throat singing, the performer produces a fundamental pitch and — simultaneously — one or more pitches over that. The people of Tuva have a wide range of throat singing vocalisations, and were the pioneers … Continue reading
Her Own Thoughts
Written for: Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads – Capturing Thoughts Today’s challenge is to choose one of the following paintings and give voice to the subject’s thoughts. Is there joy, boredom, worry? Are there any hints in the painting itself? … Continue reading
Hope It Is Only a Rumor
Written for: Poetic Asides November 2015 Challenge – Day 11 Write an animal poem. A poem that is either about an animal, involves an animal, or is from an animal’s perspective. Your choice. (A decuain: poem of ten lines, ten … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, Another POV, Emotions, Home, Written for Challenge
All The Bells and Whistles
Written for: Poetic Asides November 2015 Challenge – Day 10 Two-for-Tuesday – Write a technology poem and/or an anti-technology poem. Cells, bells, drones, email, Instagram, Facebook. Digital scales and cameras, clocks with red lights. Green light-your computer sleeps, while you … Continue reading
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Tagged Another POV, crime, privacy, technology, Written for Challenge
To My Eye
Written for: Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads, The Eye of the Beholder ~ Micro Poetry The object of this challenge is to write a poem in no more than 10 lines (but you may write in fewer than 10 lines all … Continue reading
