Tag Archives: colors

Rainbow Lessons

Posted on August 17, 2019 by

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet:  Octameter (16 lines, each stanza 8 lines, and each line has 5 syllables. “The set rhyme scheme is: a/b/c/d/e/d/f/d g/h/c/g/i/g/d/d. This seems an extremely convoluted rhyme scheme, so your poetic license will not … Continue reading →

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Flutterings

Posted on August 8, 2019 by

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 →

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fish

Posted on July 17, 2019 by

Written for:  The Twiglets #135 – “breathe like fishes” Breathing like fishes is better than sleeping with fishes.   I could be in my own underwater world for as long as I wished, breathing oxygen from water if I were … Continue reading →

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Bridge of Intrigue

Posted on July 16, 2019 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – “Bits of Inspiration”  (posted by Susie Clevenger) “Today I am making it simple. I’m providing the images for inspiration and you my dear poet friends will write the color. Choose one or … Continue reading →

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Alice and Violet

Posted on June 19, 2019 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics:  “Meet Jackie Hurlbert”  (posted by charmed chaos) “I first discovered Jacquline Hurlbert’s arresting art when we were on a cruise in 2005. On our way to Victoria, Canada one of the stops was … Continue reading →

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Summer Softens

Posted on June 15, 2019 by

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – Exercise in Poetic Thought #3 “The third step in our poem building exercise is upon us. Today, we put some parts together. Choose one of your titles written in exercise #2. Now, starting with that … Continue reading →

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Paint Color Poems

Posted on May 31, 2019 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Artistic Interpretations with Margaret – Color it . . . “The challenge is to use 5 names from the “fan decks” below and write a new poem. The paint chips are randomly … Continue reading →

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Briefs Encounter

Posted on May 30, 2019 by

Written for:  Poetic Asides #482 “For today’s prompt, write a brief poem. Sure, the poem itself can be brief (in the sense that it’s very concise). But the poem could be about a brief event. Or it could feature a … Continue reading →

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watching

Posted on May 18, 2019 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1662 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (9) Watching a Snail “As I discovered haiku back in the late eighties I hadn’t heard of Basho, but after reading one of the most popular haiku books in … Continue reading →

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ballerina

Posted on May 18, 2019 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #84 Quest for a new masterpiece “Movement” (Unduo) “A haiku masterpiece is a haiku that will last forever and will be renown to a lot of people. For example Basho’s “frog pond” haiku is … Continue reading →

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