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Autumn’s Gift

Posted on September 15, 2020 by

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 →

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This New Life

Posted on September 3, 2020 by

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet: Tri-Fall “The Tri-fall consists three 6-line stanzas, for a total of 18 lines. The rhyme scheme is a,b,c,a,b,c and meter for each stanza is as follows: 6/3/8, 6/3/8. This form requires little to … Continue reading →

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Autumn’s Gold

Posted on April 10, 2020 by

Poetics Aside April 2020 PAD Challenge – Day 9 Write an ekphrastic poem. Gold of autumn shines through trees Tell  me who walks these woods, please, in whose outer limits, dwell dark seas. A light beckons me to follow its … Continue reading →

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raining leaves

Posted on September 29, 2019 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #103 The Quest For A New Masterpiece Continues … Start Of Autumn “Go and find that gem, that beautiful diamond … your masterpiece, your evergreen like Basho’s “Old Pond”. Go … and create your … Continue reading →

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Tease of Autumn

Posted on September 26, 2019 by

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet – Carpe Diem “Write your poem celebrating the day or celebrate the arrival of Autumn.” Spring jumped in for a second round, elbowing autumn out of the way. Today I see crinkled paper … Continue reading →

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Autumn haiku

Posted on September 19, 2019 by

Written for:  Poetic Asides #498 – Write an Autumn poem. traveling to orchard both sides of road, summer green one tree dressed in red-gold Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 498    

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“cricket silence”

Posted on September 15, 2019 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #101 Photoshopping Haiku.  Create the best version of Jane’s haiku: cricket silence between scraping sounds autumn begins Here is my attempt: silence of crickets no scraping sounds heard until Autumn begins http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/

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crow

Posted on July 28, 2019 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #94 Crow (Photo-shopping haiku) This special feature is meant to meditate and contemplate on a given challenge. For this weekend I have chosen for an episode of “Carpe Diem’s Photo Shopping Haiku”, that nice … Continue reading →

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haiku “photo-shopped”

Posted on May 3, 2019 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #82 Introducing a new feature … “photo-shopping haiku” Photo-shopping sounds awful but, I think it’s possible to “photo-shop” haiku and tanka too. Just a little change can make the difference between a good haiku … Continue reading →

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Smoky-White Spirits

Posted on April 24, 2019 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – April Poems – Day 23 The Tuesday Platform:  “Gather Around For Some Ghost Stories”  (Posted by Sanaa) “Write a horror poem that makes one taste the dark in broad daylight.” Headstones stand … Continue reading →

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