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Cake

Posted on June 1, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Use ‘upside down’ in a poem. Inside rings of pineapple, Mom placed maraschino cherries on the bottom layer of her upside down cake. Scent of … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged cake, cherries, Mom, pineapple | 5 Comments

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Posted on November 13, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides PAD November 2020 Challenge – Day 12 “For today’s prompt, write a number in the title poem. And yes, it’s as simple as it sounds. Include a number in the title of your poem. The actual … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged cake, dogs, monotetra form, overindulgence, Wake, Written for Challenge | 6 Comments

Halves

Posted on November 9, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #311-Fifty Percent “Write a “half” poem.” Half a cake is better than whole when you are on a diet. What is half of a semi-colon– a comma or a period? In the supermarket there … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged cake, cream, Micro-poetry, semi-colon, silly | 4 Comments

Uneven Halves

Posted on August 11, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Weekend Mini-Challenge: “Just One Word” – Halved (Imagined by Marian) Learn your math now, or you won’t know a whole from a half. http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged cake, greed, Sad, uneven | 15 Comments

Kid Parties

Posted on June 3, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #250 – “We Are A Wild Party” “So, in the most simplest of terms, write a “Party” poem. You may be celebrating a holiday or an anniversary. You could be writing of a “party … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged cake, children, drinks, parties, presents, Wishes | 2 Comments

“clocks never wake”

Posted on April 3, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #120 – “clocks never wake” Clocks never wake up on the wrong side of the bed. She clocked him on the side of his head. He never woke. Waking to blaring alarm clocks jars … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged alarms, cake, chocolate, clocks, limerick, scent, waking | 3 Comments

Of Helpers and Cakes

Posted on January 19, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet 7/5 Trochee The 7/5 Trochee was created by Andrea Dietrich, and it 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: … Continue reading →