Tag Archives: City

The Price You Pay

Posted on July 12, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #168 With freedom comes a price. Assimilating into a new land and culture takes a toll. The weight of the city is on her shoulders. She is learning the language, in hopes of becoming a doctor … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged City, freedom, toll, woman, Written from Art | 14 Comments

Pink Sand Castles

Posted on May 16, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #160 (posted by Shay) I lean against these tenement bars, cold steel, like this city. While holding my face up to the sun, I close my eyes, and dream of an island life, friends gathered around … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged City, dreams, life changes, written from photo | 22 Comments

A Day in the Life of a City

Posted on April 17, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: April 2021 PAD Challenge – Day 16 “Write a City poem” In early rose-gold dawn of city how bare-boned and empty buildings seem on ghostlike streets, night workers only returning home before streets teem with nine-to-fivers, food vendors, … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged City, lights, Sonnet, Written for Challenge | 2 Comments

Black Cat Misery

Posted on October 18, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #130 See Harry? I told you– no good can come from cloning. No individuality, no characteristics, and not enough chow to go ’round. While humans tram from place to place, we are limited. How I’d love … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged cats, City, humans, Written from Art | 29 Comments

Street Child

Posted on May 6, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #402 Words: charm, sing, float, off, sense, orphan, dust, city, stifle, fly sigh This poem is a charming orphan of the city, bit dusty, bit gritty. She’s a singer of tunes, fine sense of … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged child, City, ignored, music, streets, Wordle | 6 Comments

New York State in Mind

Posted on April 15, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides 2019 April PAD Challenge – Day 14 Pick a state, make it the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Also written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads (posted by Margaret) What is your … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged changes, City, neighborhoods, New York, Rondel form, State, Written for Challenge | 10 Comments

Vegas (a cherita)

Posted on December 18, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem #1564 Las Vegas … come on gamble (out of the box) “Today I love to give you a “new” task. Think Out Of The Box with the themes of haiku. For example create a senryu, Cherita, … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Cherita form, City, colors, written from photo | 2 Comments

City of Colors

Posted on July 12, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~City (posted by Sumana) “In the eyes of a poet what would a busy city look like? A dream or a nightmare?” A city stays in your heart, grabs a seat in your brain, rains … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged City, colors, light, pulse, scents | 21 Comments

Shame in the City

Posted on January 12, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night #211 (posted by Grace) Tenants in the Bronx are tortured by chill ill winds outside and in. Families, elderly, ailing, boil water in large pots to warm a tiny spot on kitchen … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged apartment, City, News, tenants, unprompted, Winter | 24 Comments

New York Redone

Posted on November 26, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides November 2017 Chapbook Challenge – Day 25 Write a remix poem. For the chapbook challenge, try remixing one of your poems from earlier in the month. I have remixed Day 13 in which we had to … Continue reading →