Tag Archives: boat

“folded paper”

Posted on July 14, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #235 – “folded paper” For me, an art is the ability to fold an open map. Notes of brightly colored folded papers strewn about my bag–Post-It Parade floats down serene lake slight ripple in the mast … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged art, boat, Haiku, limerick, Micro-poetry, paper | 3 Comments

New Adventure

Posted on October 23, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub Meeting The Bar: Let Your Words Ring Out (posted by Peter Franks) “Write a poem with focus on sounds.” She steps over jagged jewels fronting the sea. Climbs on clumsy feet, shaking the sails of … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged adventure, boat, older woman, Sounds, sun | 14 Comments

In Deepest Night

Posted on October 5, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Art FLASH!/55 in October For this weekend’s art collaboration, I am introducing an illustrator in ink and purveyor of magic, McMonster, a perfect choice to set the tone for October. McMonster has … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged boat, imagination, moon, Night, owls, Written from Art, written in a count of words | 18 Comments

Swept Away

Posted on June 22, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #89 – Extreme Haibun . . . Rain An extreme haibun is, as you maybe remember, a haibun is prose and poetry together, a kind of symbiosis so to say. I will give you … Continue reading →

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Wayward Weather

Posted on January 14, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #386 Words: glazed, wail, will, box, name, wheel, rain, snap, frame, white, depends, bait White sails snap at frame of boat. They are out too far. Weather quickly changes its mind, as it will. … Continue reading →

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Golden Blur

Posted on September 3, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Muse #19 “Girl on the Boat” by William Oxer Her face is blurred by late afternoon sun blazing stripes across wood strips of the boat. Gilded outline of her arms in pose of hope. He will … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged boat, girl, late afternoon, waiting, Written from Art | 6 Comments

Posted on January 29, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem honors Jane Reichhold (1937-2017) G.) whisper of rain Today to close this Theme Week I have chosen a few of her haiku from her “A Dictionary of Haiku” (the online version), the following series of haiku … Continue reading →