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Blue-eyed Ocean

Posted on January 25, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #322 Bits and Pieces “Think of your situation as bits and pieces and how they had influenced you. To take Hampton’s quote, what places have you been, who have you loved? What song best … Continue reading →

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Some Kindness

Posted on December 12, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet – 7/5 Trochee “The 7/5 Trochee consists of 2 or more quatrain stanzas with the following set rules: Syllable pattern: 7/5/7/5 Rhyme Scheme: a/b/c/b or a/b/a/b Meter: Trochee “Trochee” means alternating stressed and … Continue reading →

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Thoughts of Slipping Away

Posted on August 3, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  dVerse Poets Prompt – MTB: Critique and Craft  (posted by Frank) “More Dizain” How inviting, the ocean blue water as she stands at railing in reverie not surprised where her aimlessness brought her. What would it feel like … Continue reading →

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Purity of Stillness

Posted on July 27, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – “Like Starry Blossoms On A New Firmament in July”  (posted by Sanaa) “Stillness. There are so many ways to describe it. Something that stretches itself to the most distant mountain-top, where footsteps … Continue reading →

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“shining like ice”

Posted on May 15, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  The Twiglets #126 – “shining like ice” her eyes shone like ice blue diamonds   night bright as day people stroll in awe of the ice sculptures   a shooting star broke through the night sky like a … Continue reading →

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Genie Fantasy

Posted on January 7, 2019 by purplepeninportland

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 →

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Sunflower Lagoon

Posted on December 28, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – “Artistic Interpretations”  Alcohol Inks (posted by Margaret) “Welcome to Artistic Interpretations. I am fortunate to share poetry with local poets once a month here in the Blue Ridge Parkway area of North … Continue reading →

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Unaware

Posted on June 18, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads Micro-Poetry:  Dark Emeralds Write a poem in no more than 10 lines.   unaware of blue mist dotting my face until I inhaled salt of ocean. http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/

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Drear Here

Posted on April 11, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  dVerse Poets:  Quadrille #30  (posted by Mish) Drizzle – Use it as a noun, verb or be creative and get drizzly. Dabble in words about the weather, share a drizzle of your emotions or give us your best recipe … Continue reading →

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Daydreamers

Posted on February 15, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1152 Ikebana More than simply putting flowers in a container, Ikebana is a disciplined art form in which nature and humanity are brought together. Contrary to the idea of a particolored or multicolored arrangement of blossoms, … Continue reading →

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