Tag Archives: clouds

“layers of clouds”

Posted on May 11, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #278 – layers of clouds thickening clouds fill the sky in layers of warning How would I feel to wrap myself in a pillow-cloud coat. blue sky drifters catch her eye in late afternoon layers of … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged clouds, Haiku, limerick, Micro-poetry, shouter | 2 Comments

Windows for Dreaming

Posted on September 27, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #520 Words: open, plains, clear, simple, drowsy, seek, spacious, room, grace, blue, sky, waves No spacious rooms do I seek when drowsy. Prefer a simple space, graced with wide windows looking out at openness of … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged clouds, dreaming, openness, windows | 3 Comments

renga with Jane

Posted on July 8, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem #1847 Renga With Jane Reichhold +++ Dancing Lights (Renga: Juunichoo) Today I was reading in one of Jane Reichhold’s Poetry Collections and immediately thought “It’s Time Again For A Renga With Jane”. So I took a … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged clouds, colors, rain, renga with Jane, sky | 4 Comments

Casting Blues

Posted on May 26, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Write a poem based upon this picture.” Casts hues of blues over building and river where ferry boats dock, awaiting passengers at end of working day. Glaring afternoon gold-rimmed … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged afternoon, blues, clouds, ferry boats, sun, Written from Art | 4 Comments

One With Nature

Posted on December 14, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #138 I am a facelost in a cloudwhose mist befogstops of evergreenslike white smokemountains. http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged clouds, nature, trees, woman, Written from Art | 13 Comments

Sky-Skiing

Posted on September 22, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #112: The Sky’s The Limit” (posted by whimsygizmo) “Today, I shall paper-airplane-sail you the word sky. Describe for us a skyline. Build a skyscraper of phrase. Scribe us something sky-blue true. Go skydiving … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged clouds, hugs, imagination, shapes, ski, sky | 26 Comments

“away and away”

Posted on February 12, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #163 – “away and away” If there’s a will, there’s a way to get away. away on an island, water sea-foam green only sounds are native birds. Ah, but ’tis only a dream. away in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged clouds, dreams, gambling, Haiku, island, limerick, Micro-poetry | 2 Comments

Full To Bursting

Posted on August 3, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Exercise in Poetic thought #4 “(from sentences in Part 1, choose 1 word from each sentence (10 words). Use at least 8 in a new poem.” Words: cloud, auguries, flavor, tremulous, space, embrace, song, missed, … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged clouds, omen, rain, scent, taste, written from words | 2 Comments

Shifting Course

Posted on July 29, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #414 Words: clouds, shy, light, but, fertile, pass, burn, shift, branch, blocks, course, rooted This poem is a shift in course. Shy, light clouds pass by, blocking a burning sun. This poem wonder-worries about … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged burn, clouds, drought, shift, sun, trees, wildfires | 5 Comments

Changing Outlook

Posted on February 28, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Cloud (posted by Sumana) As a cloud you can be an actual cloud, that is a visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere, above the general level of the ground; wandering in … Continue reading →