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Dreams of Men
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #390 “Take a sad song, and make it better” – Beatles, 1973 “Take something that is a downer (song, poem, book title, movie, etc.), and put a hopeful twist on it.” (inspired by Of … Continue reading
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Tagged classic, cruelty, depression, different ending, mentally challenged
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Oligarchs of War
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2, Prompt #389 – Lyrics are Poetic “Think of a lyric you enjoy, or listen to some music and cull a line to use in your poem or as your inspiration. Credit the source. Music doth have … Continue reading
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Tagged cruelty, death, inspired by song, lyrics, war, wealth
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Regarding Cruelty
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Write a rhyming poem of 4-12 lines using A/B pattern.” Regarding cruel people, I cannot fathom what joy they get from being critical. Do they … Continue reading
Odd Child Out
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads: (posted by Marian) Just One Word: Gormless Me again, Toads! Just one word to inspire your poems this weekend: gormless Dunce cap in corner under blackboard of chalked letters and numbers which all … Continue reading
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Blind Eye
Written for: Poetics Aside #456 – Write a tragic poem. fish die animals starve people are bombed blind eye losing allies gaining dictators crimes against humanity blind eye opioid use intensifies black men are profiled justice has turned a blind … Continue reading
Written for: Carpe Diem #1333 – José’s Sandals (A Christmas Tale from Paulo Coehlo) On Christmas Day, a special boy learns the true meaning of gift-giving. silence a new king is born love came to the world © Chèvrefeuille (our host) … Continue reading
No One’s Property
Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Human Trafficking Quote from the WOHT: “The International labour Organization estimates that 21 million people are victims of forced labour globally. This estimate also includes victims of human trafficking for labour and sexual exploitation.” We … Continue reading
Having A Ball
Written for: The Twiglets #9 – It’s A Ball Stepmother, cruel stepsisters, shrews Cinderella’s eyes pool as she get bad news. She has to clean, no ball for her. On mop she leans, the room a blur. With a twinkle, … Continue reading
Gray World
Written for dVerse Poets Pub: Open Link Night #176 (posted by Grace) This is your opportunity to link 1 poem of your choice as this is no prompt-day. They found me. I did not want to be found. I waited … Continue reading