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Closed Eyes
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe (Devereaux & Beth) “Write a poem using the phrase “the thunder within” Patience is lessening. My voice raises, shouts, even though I know without a doubt that he is not the same person. When … Continue reading
This New Life
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet: Tri-Fall “The Tri-fall consists three 6-line stanzas, for a total of 18 lines. The rhyme scheme is a,b,c,a,b,c and meter for each stanza is as follows: 6/3/8, 6/3/8. This form requires little to … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, changes, disasters, searching, Tri-Fall form
Restrictions
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #30: Writing as a metaphor for living. (posted by Magaly) How have you and your muse been spending your days? My muse and I have been reading and revising and such… hence … Continue reading
How We Remember
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #27: “Things Were Different Back Then” (posted by Magaly) “If you’ve ever been in the presence of a vintage soul (AKA someone who has lived more than a few decades and who … Continue reading
Expectations
Written for: Go Dog Go Café – Tuesday Writing Prompt “Write a poem that begins and ends with the same word.” How can we bear the changes life has hurled at us? Memorize imperfections on a wall until we no … Continue reading
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Tagged anticipation, bearing, cabin fever, changes, same word at start and finish
The Affects
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #288 – “Charting A New Course” “We’ve been sequestered, isolated, quarantined and separated. I can tell you from first hand experience that our lives have been changed. I’m sure many of us can. What … Continue reading
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Tagged changes, feelings, hugs, sadness, strangeness
What Does The World Look Like
Written for: Go Dog Go Café – Tuesday Prompt: Write a piece of prose around the question: What does a return to “normal” look like for you? You run into a friend. The impulse to hug will no longer seem … Continue reading
Posted in Purple's Home
Tagged changes, hesitation, new, normal, prose, reminders, world
Never Try To Change Another Person
Written for: Poetics Aside April 2020 PAD Challenge – Day 26 Write a change poem. Do not marry someone drawn to their allure, sunny face thinking you’d not replace or change a single quirk they have. Later you start to … Continue reading
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Tagged changes, likeness, Luc bat form, Written for Challenge
Bagels and Cream Cheese
Written for: Poetics Aside April 2020 PAD Challenge – Day 22 Write a quirk poem. He walks a mile for exercise to get his bagel and chive cream cheese. In this way breakfast is justified. With his routine, he is … Continue reading
Melting Ice
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration – Character Study (Challenges) “CHARACTER STUDY: JOSH AVERY IS A 21 YEAR OLD MALE WITH ANGER ISSUES HELPING A SEVERELY PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED PERSON ACROSS THE STREET. WRITE THIS POETIC EPISODE!” Josh Avery … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, changes, character study, handicapped, young man
