Tag Archives: bird

Charlie Byrd’s Piano Blues

Posted on April 10, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Muse #254 This is becoming quite boring. I could be out eating worms. Learned chopsticks which should have sufficed. But no, they insisted on that classic, Für Elise, and I’m just not feeling it. Not my … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged bird, bored, imagination, piano, Written from Art | 18 Comments

Skirting the Edges of March

Posted on March 27, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #431 Harbingers of Spring (and Whatnot) “The weather may not realize it quite yet, but we are of a mind for spring. Spring ahead with your best seasonal poems celebrating the demise of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged bird, buds, chill, first bloomers, hopeful | 3 Comments

Dark Visitor on Gloomy Night

Posted on January 22, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Friday Writings #60 “My (optional) prompt for you this week is ‘the visitor’ – whatever that may suggest to you.” “Nevermore” Not much of a conversation between man, and raven resting on a windowsill. Still, he was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged bird, dark, dread, unique | 8 Comments

What the Shelter Holds

Posted on November 6, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #235 Homeless man, blue veins prominent on cold fingers. He lingers in cave-like space, his face hidden under lid of a cardboard box. A frightened baby bird of lemon hue seeks shelter on the man’s thigh. … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged bird, homeless, man, shelter, Written from Art | 20 Comments

Out of Character

Posted on December 20, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #191 Now, your prompt! This week’s theme is “cosplay creatures”! You get a choice of any or all of three images to write poetry for. Not a great feat to fly over a wall. Adorned in … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged bird, cat, identities, return, Written from Art | 8 Comments

“those clean hands”

Posted on August 31, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #242 – “those clean hands” I can still smell the blood on your cleansed hands. The need for sanitizer during this horrific time has left my hands raw. preening himself parrot turns head left, then right … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged bird, blood, Haiku, hands, limerick, Micro-poetry | 4 Comments

Double Reflection

Posted on May 30, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #162 (posted by Carrie) after deluge water pools amidst stones bird marvels at swimming moon sees his body reflected in both water and moonlight http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged bird, moon, reflection, tanka, water, Written from Art | 34 Comments

For A Dear Friend

Posted on March 29, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #153 I hear a deafening roar of a firearm. In my gut I know you are no more. Two feathers are all I find. My brave, intelligent friend–you were taken from me, but I sit in … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged bird, hunt, loss, sorrow, Written from Art | 12 Comments

Bird Woman

Posted on November 14, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #45: Artistic Interpretations (posted by Magaly) Soft whisper of white smoke turns to hearts, your love flows from depths of brilliantly colored robes– wings on a woman’s body. https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged bird, color, Love, smoke, woman, Written from Art | 11 Comments

What If Horizons Were Rainbows

Posted on October 26, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #309 – Horizons “It’s been an interesting year, to say the least. 2020 has been a beast I hope to not encounter again (but I’m not holding my breath). So we take the opportunity … Continue reading →