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Close Call
Written for: Miz Quickly – Day 8 “Hokey Pokey” Alliteration, Consonance, Assonance “Write a line with a couple of ‘eesee’ sounds, in words that do not have the same consonant. Once you have done that, go about your business and … Continue reading
“those clean hands”
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
Stay Calm
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille What’s In a Word? (posted by Lillian) “SO WHAT IS THE EXACT WORD REQUIRED FOR TODAY’S QUADRILLE? It’s WOUND. How did you just pronounce the word in your head when you read it? … Continue reading
Horror–Truth or Imagination
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United – (posted by Sanaa) Weekly Scribblings #1: January is here, with winds that blow kisses ~ For this Weekly Scribblings edition, I want you to pick any three words from the given word list … Continue reading
Pounding Heart
Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~A Million Years Howl When Voices Whisper Among The Trees (posted by Sanaa) There is an indescribable feeling near the end of October that grows loud, so much so that the sounds surrounding it are … Continue reading
Sometimes You Eat; Sometimes You’re Eaten
Written for: Poets United Pantry of Poetry and Prose (posted by Magaly) “This season of transitions and thinning veils, always inspires me to try new things, to challenge old thoughts, to mix-it-up and mingle… Keeping that in mind, I invite … Continue reading
Evidence
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #58 – Cobble us a poem (Posted by De) It’s Quadrille Monday – when we pen poems of exactly 44 words, including one specific given word. Today, I would like you to play … Continue reading
While You Are Asleep
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: “The voice of the monster” Tonight’s all hallows eve and beasts are everywhere. They cry for candy and if we aren’t prepared we will fall victims to their tricks. But what if they … Continue reading
So What Did We Learn?
Written for: Poetics Aside April 2017 Challenge – Day 9 “So –––––” So tell me, what did we learn from history? People slaughtered in religious wars, carnage repeated again and again. Greed rules rulers on a chessboard of pawns. People … Continue reading
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Draining Day
Written for: Poetic Asides #318 – Write a tired poem. Appointment with doctor because feel tired all the time. We talk–questions, answers, and forms. Doctor sends me to lab on same floor for blood work. Problems finding a vein. Stick, stick, stick. … Continue reading
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