Tag Archives: baseball

Idle Bats and Balls

Posted on July 6, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – July Covid-19 P.A.D. – Day 5 “Where Have You Gone, Joe Dimaggio?” “What sport, if any, do you miss? Do you miss them at all? Do you revel in having your “Sundays” back? Present a … Continue reading →

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Not A Trace

Posted on February 24, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #444 Words:  spear, design, line, bite, child, mine, trace, green, relish, chase, fine, lace Not a trace of fine lace on this child of mine. Her designer’s wear: baseball cap and sweats. Have to … Continue reading →

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Coney Island Turf

Posted on March 27, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics:  On Geography  (posted by Anmol) “I am asking you all to explore geography in your poems. There are different ways of going about it — you can explore and inculcate the various subjects … Continue reading →

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Jackie

Posted on November 17, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poetic Asides 2018 November PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 17 “For today’s prompt, write a broken poem. There are so many things that can be broken: dishwashers, chairs, and chairs. People break records, bad (and good) habits, and … Continue reading →

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giant

Posted on October 14, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1516, Robin D. Gill – Out of the box – letter G “Robin Dallas Gill, born in 1951 at Miami Beach, Florida, USA, and brought up on the island of Key Biscayne in the Florida Keys, is … Continue reading →

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Ball Game in Coney Island

Posted on September 1, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Meeting The Bar:  The Acrostic  (posted by Frank) To write an acrostic poem, take a word or phrase and use each letter as the first letter of each line in the poem. One should … Continue reading →

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