Tag Archives: cruelty

Dreams of Men

Posted on June 13, 2022 by purplepeninportland

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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Oligarchs of War

Posted on June 6, 2022 by purplepeninportland

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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Regarding Cruelty

Posted on July 21, 2021 by purplepeninportland

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 →

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Odd Child Out

Posted on March 10, 2019 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged cruelty, misunderstood, punishment, School, Written from one word | 23 Comments

Leave Them in Peace

Posted on October 17, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Autumn PAD – Day 4 – LEAVES “Again with the leaves? But we aren’t talking colors, only the leaf itself. Simply write a leaf poem. Everything is fair game. Maybe your life as a leaf? … Continue reading →

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Blind Eye

Posted on October 4, 2018 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged animals, blindness, cruelty, People, racism, tragedy | 4 Comments

Posted on December 29, 2017 by purplepeninportland

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 →

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No One’s Property

Posted on August 3, 2017 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged cruelty, education, humanity, slavery | 6 Comments

Having A Ball

Posted on February 1, 2017 by purplepeninportland

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 →

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Gray World

Posted on July 30, 2016 by purplepeninportland

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 →