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Dangerous Cargo

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #585 Words: matter, fly, close, right, resist, drive, oil, boat, shoot, speak, preserve, fire Well shoot. I didn’t know the boat was carryin’ oil. Matter fact, I was might boiled up about it, ‘specially … Continue reading

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Light of the Lamp

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – MTB: some shadowy lines (posted by Laura Bloomsbury) “Shadows are as much part of our physical landscapes as our metaphysical world and so it is no surprise that the penumbral is a recurring theme … Continue reading

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Don’t

Written for: Poetic Asides November 2020 PAD Chapbook Challenge Day 1 – “Write an enter poem.” Do not enter that shuttered room, I fear you’ll find it unpleasant say I, to a girl on screen. Risk looms. Do not enter … Continue reading

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Spilling Over

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Beginning (again) – Haibun  (posted by Bjorn) “Along my journey through this transitory world, new year’s housecleaning” – Matsuo Basho I thought we all had a new beginning to our year. Instead the old … Continue reading

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All About Power

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – A Skyflower Friday  – “Monsters”(posted by Kerry) Write a poem about a monster or monsters. Those who lurk near schoolyards hoping to lure an innocent child whose life will be forever changed … Continue reading

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An Aubade

Written for Quickly #19 Write an aubade. Okay, speaking formally (and here we have the wiki explanation), an aubade is a morning love song (as opposed to a serenade, which is in the evening), or a song or poem about … Continue reading

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