Tag Archives: blame

Who Pulls The Strings?

Posted on March 4, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Friday Writings #77: In The Face of Disaster “What would you write in the face of disaster?” Who pulls the strings– the puppet master. Another disaster, broken concrete, falling plaster. Does your pocket carry deadly blasters? Do waters … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged blame, common, disaster, shame | 15 Comments

Yes, I Am Unpredictable

Posted on November 9, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides PAD November 2020 Challenge – Day 8 “For today’s prompt, write a persona poem. A persona poem is one in which you take on the persona of someone or something else. So you could write a … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged blame, changes, Etheree form, patience, unpredictable, Weather | 2 Comments

Lose The Smirk, Get To Work

Posted on September 25, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Meeting The Bar: Protest Poetry (posted by Grace) “Write a Protest Poem with a theme (e.g. voting, social justice, peace & war, violence, women’s rights, human rights, environment, pandemic, etc) in your blog. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged blame, death, protest poem, truth, Wake, work | 25 Comments

Saying The Words

Posted on February 28, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: “Blame and Forgiveness” (posted by Frank) Either one. Or both. There are no other constraints. It need not be about the poet’s own life. She found it easier, less tiring, to forgive even … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged blame, forgiveness, lies, tired, twists | 7 Comments

Self-Blame

Posted on September 28, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Wordy Thursday with Wild Woman~Earth Grief “The topic of climate change is on our minds and on the news these days as never before. Floods, hurricanes, wildfires, a heating planet, melting poles: … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged blame, earth, global warming, pollution, sadness, water | 20 Comments

The Rape of Nature

Posted on August 27, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #314 Words: dump, epic, sense, gusts, protect, frame, list, late, straight, hammer, rivers, hesitate He turned the world into a dump of epic proportions. Gusts of dust blew listless pieces of garbage straight into … Continue reading →