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On The Roof
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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Tagged air, Apartment roofs, Beach, dancing, drinks, heat
Written for: Poetic Bloomings – Prompt #257 – “And I Quote!” #5 “Today, consider this quote as the inspiration for your poem.” Imagination is the true magic carpet ~Norman Vincent Peale With wings of satin silver I fly to every … Continue reading
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Tagged Beach, dogs, imagination, What-ifs, wings
Dragon in Flagon
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #81 – “Here There Be (poem) Dragons (posted by De) – “Today, I’d like you to wrangle a dragon into your piece.” Man strolls hem of sable ocean on night sand. Spots rusty … Continue reading
Having Fun
Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Fun Can you list 10 ways you have fun? (posted by Susan) “And the sun and the moon sometimes argue over who will tuck me in at night. If you think I am having more … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, Beach, cooking, crosswords, fireplace, fun, meditation, reading, sketching, walks, writing
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lace
Written for: Carpe Diem #1603 Tan Renga Challenge Month 2019 (8) sunday morning sunday morning all the waves in white kneeling on the beach © Jane Reichhold (1937-2016) fine … Continue reading
Beach Love
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet: Villonette “A Villonnet is a hybrid of the Villanelle and the Sonnet. It has the Iambic Pentameter of both, but holds the four-stanza/line structure of the sonnet, while utilizing the two-line rhyme nature … Continue reading
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Tagged Beach, Love, scents, Summer, Villonette
Hanging Shells of Portland
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – “Come Hang With Me!” (posted by Lillian) “Walk around your house and look at all the things hanging there: on walls, in closets, on your refrigerator door, etc. Pick something that “speaks to you” … Continue reading
Genie Fantasy
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #385 Words: text, kicks, pocket, store, drink, eyes, barely, beg, clean, slip, invisible, prophecy His aqua eyes match the clear clean waters of Caribbean beaches. She dreams she can drink them in like curaçao. … Continue reading
San Diego
Written for: Carpe Diem #1565 – Pacific Beach . . . San Diego “So today I have a nice “crossroads” feature. As you all know the goal of “crossroads” is to create a “fusion ku”. I have chosen a few … Continue reading
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Tagged Beach, fusion haiku, heat, rain
We Squat Upon The Beach of Love*
Written for: Poetic Asides 2018 November PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 26 “For today’s prompt, write an ambitious poem. Maybe that means trying to write a poem in a complicated poetic form (sestina anyone?). Or maybe it means your poem … Continue reading
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Tagged Beach, driftwood, Golden Shovel form, Love, Written for Challenge
