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Grandma Jenny

Posted on January 26, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Grandmothers . . . (posted by sarahsouthwest) ” . . . write about grannies. Those older women who support us and nurture us. The women who perhaps spoil us a little, but reserve … Continue reading →

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A Dog

Posted on June 19, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Meeting the Bar:  Imagism Revisited  (posted by Frank Tassone) “Write a poem in the aesthetic of the Imagists.” “You may have heard of some of the Imagists: Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Amy Lowell. … Continue reading →

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Explanation To A Dog

Posted on August 31, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet – Terza Rima “Terza rima is a three-line stanza using chain rhyme in the pattern ABA BCB CDC DED. There is no limit to the number of lines, but poems or sections of … Continue reading →

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Climate of a Relationship

Posted on August 25, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Sunday Whirl, Wordle #418 Words:  impact, end, crisis, greed, ignorance, fires, escalating, ocean, number, climate, lies, water All factors were escalating toward the end. The climate of their relationship had reached crisis point, impacted by lies, and ignorance. … Continue reading →

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The Flies

Posted on February 11, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #390 Words:  cadence, credence, apart, fly, star, shy, chart, barter, shoot, chance, mar, sly Freaky flies marred the sky, just shy of blackening heavens. A steady cadence of rubbing wings pierced earth. Ancient maps … Continue reading →

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