Tag Archives: crime

Views on the News

Posted on November 7, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: November 2022 PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 6 “For today’s prompt, write a news poem. Your poem could be about a story you find in the news today (either from a newspaper, TV report, or online news source). … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged courts, crime, Double Etheree, lack, retired, safe, Written for Challenge | Comments Off

Sense of Dread

Posted on April 15, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: April 2022 PAD – Day 14 “Write a scary poem.” A sense of dread when I awake, will today be filled once more with crime? Will bombing continue with vengeful hate? I feel like our world is out … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged crime, fear, pantoum form, shootings, war, Written for Challenge | 3 Comments

The Silver Thread

Posted on January 24, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #537 Words: sigh, moment, cracking, expansive, shimmering, triumph, filter, quiver, way, reveal Sigh. Thought he was a man of integrity with an expansive heart. Cracks in his foundation revealed what he had hoped to … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged archery, belied, caught, crime, evidence | Comments Off

Projecting Light

Posted on October 31, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #184 Dark streets invite crime in any country. Every era sophisticates weapons. Death is certain instead of wounds. I carry my lantern in late hours. The light pools around my feet, and projects ahead. Keeps me … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged crime, darkness, lantern, weapons, Written from Art | 18 Comments

Out of Control

Posted on August 29, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #516 Words: name, out, conduct, miles, rise, shimmering, close, stories, grin, sin, wind, cream Stories of rising crime stain our country for miles, wind down our hopefulness like a stopped clock. Tick-tock. Who was attacked … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged crime, rage, unleashed, Wordle | Comments Off

New Face, Same Guy

Posted on May 30, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets & Storytellers United – Weekly Scribblings 21: anagrams (posted by Magaly) “Write new poetry or prose using anagrams.” He was on the alert, would have to alter his appearance. They were on to him, no doubt about … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged anagrams, appearance, change, crime, wait | 8 Comments

Follow A Parolee?

Posted on April 4, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides April 2020 PAD Challenge: Day 3 Write a “Follow (blank)” poem. Oh come one, parolee taunts his old friend. For once, take a chance, put it in your pocket. Fearful friend scoops up a watch. The … Continue reading →

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Lawrence Block

Posted on May 23, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides #481 – “Pick any writer, make him/her the title of your poem, and then write your poem.” He knows where the bodies are buried, has a ticket to the boneyard. When the sacred gin mill closes, … Continue reading →