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Silvery Season
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #317 Christmas Word Cloud “Using this word cloud, write the gift of a poem for the rest of us. The RED words tell the Santa story; the GREEN touch on the Nativity.” North Pole’s … Continue reading
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Tagged children, elves, reindeer, Santa, workshop, written from words
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Protected By the Moon
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Prosery Monday: Moonbeams and Moon Dreams (posted by Merrill) “Prosery is prose that includes a line from a poem. I will give you the line, and then you incorporate it into a short prose … Continue reading
Chubby
Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #472 Words: ability, delight, failure, crappy, flex, see, watch, crinkle, scoff, fold, complete, jaw As clown outfits go, Chubby’s was crappy. Some material was worn so thin, as to be see- through. Ruffles crinkled, and … Continue reading
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Tagged children, clown, delight, points of view, retirement
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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
Ocean Opera
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – July Covid-19 PAD – Day 3 – “A Day At The Beach” What can you hear? We are looking for poems about the sounds heard at lake/ocean side. Sand shushes next to my blanket– quick … Continue reading
Growing Years
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration: Dandelion Whine Use the cliché “growing like a weed” as a refrain in a poem. That string bean just shot up this past summer, Selma. Why, the girl is taller than me. … Continue reading
Dreams In A Field
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #454 Words: guns, throb, still, songs, mob, spring, children, mean, seal, listen, fields, dream Their fate is sealed– the poverty-stricken, mean, street children whose hearts still throb with yearning to listen to songs, and … Continue reading
“first snow”
Written for: Carpe Diem #1797 – New Beginnings . . . First Snow “Today’s prompt is “First Snow”, it’s a classical kigo for Winter and that means you have to try to create a classical haiku or tanka following the … Continue reading
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Tagged children, Haiku, inspired by other haiku, snow, Winter
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Winter Play (solo renga)
Written for: Poetic Asides – Renga Poems At its most basic, the renga is a tanka written by two or more poets. This Japanese form preceded (and inspired) haiku, and its common for poets to link several renga into a … Continue reading
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Tagged children, games, outdoors, solo renga, Winter
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