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Flutterings
Written for: Wednesday Muse: Butterflies! “The butterfly counts not months but moments and has time enough.” Rabindranath Tradore Each butterfly is an exquisite work of art–spotted, stained glass, soft white, or sea-blue edged in black. They provide joy in their … Continue reading
Dis/Obedient
Written for: Poetic Asides #457 – Write a disobedient poem. Children who disobey their parents eventually learn they have not truly won a victory, and become sad adolescents. Rebellion can nearly guarantee attention will be paid. When you seek gratification … Continue reading
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Tagged change, disobey, moral, pride, rebellion, selfishness
Change Comes Slowly
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Wordy Thursday With Wild Woman: Being The Change “Marjory Stoneman Douglas, (1890 – 1998), was a feminist, an activist, a journalist and an environmentalist, known especially for her defense of the Everglades, when … Continue reading
Winter Thistle
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Photography by Sharon Knight (posted by Mish) “Sharon has kindly given us permission to borrow her images at sunearthsky.com for our poetic muse today. Please give proper image credit to her work.” Icicle … Continue reading
To Those Who Should Care
Written for: Poetic Asides November 2017 Chapbook Challenge – Day 16 Write a poem to the world. Maybe all of your poems are already directed at the world, but for me, this is a first person poem directed at a group … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, change, Kyrielle form, mother nature, Plants, warning, Written for Challenge
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Balancing Seasons in My Mind
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday: Komorebi (posted by hayesspencer) “I was thinking intensely of the Japanese word, komorebi (koe moe ray bee) which means specifically light that is filtered between leaves and usually occurring in spring and … Continue reading
Transfer
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads, “The Butterfly Effect” I would like you to think about a random event in your own life, maybe something that just happened (or didn’t). If you feel unable to do that you can … Continue reading
Changes Coming
Written for: The Sunday Whirl #251 words: less, fish, flowers, enter, last, burn, hung, took, white, screen, made, cloth After last disaster– a burnt fish dinner–he returned anyway, making a grand entrance, bouquet of flowers in his hands. I have … Continue reading
Bye-Bye Peep Show Palace
Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Power Write a poem that demonstrates “the power people have when we work together.” There it stood, garish signs, lewd promises. A strip club across from community center, pediatric health clinic, and school bus stop. … Continue reading
