Tag Archives: darkness

Light Torn Away

Posted on April 20, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Whirl Wordle #452 Words: dream, torn, light, lift, mourn, tiny, fire, truth, shy, shock, lock, stories Light torn from day lifted away, and replaced by a firestorm of shocking illness. We are locked in a nightmare of mourning … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged darkness, Illness, shock, waiting, Wordle | 2 Comments

Peace At Night

Posted on March 15, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets & Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #10: Early Bird or Night Owl? (posted by Rommy) “Shape you work around the idea of either or both.” Morning travel makes me ill, not something I can cure by pill. Appointments … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged darkness, Day, dogs, lazy, moon, music, Night, reading, stars | 10 Comments

ocean renewal

Posted on May 8, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem REVIVING TANKA SPLENDOR (01-2019) DAFFODILS Here is the Tanka by Jane Reichhold: your sleeping breath night rain revives the earth waves of sea air in bright yellow daffodils nod to the dark wind © Jane Reichhold … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged darkness, ocean, renew, swim, tanka | 5 Comments

Darkness Becomes Her

Posted on April 21, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides 2019 April PAD Challenge – Day 20 “For today’s prompt, write a dark poem. Cave poems, poems at night, and no electricity poems–these are all appropriate for today’s prompt. Of course, dark has several other connotations … Continue reading →

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Absence

Posted on January 31, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Darkness Is . . . (posted by Sumana) “Darkness was; is; will be. Is it intrinsically bad? Or is it something that lies in between good and evil? What color is it? Is it gray, … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged blinking, darkness, Fears, missing | 17 Comments

Razor

Posted on November 28, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #104 – “like a razor” A bright light has burned out. I feel like my heart has been cut with a razor. I tasted razor clams in Portland. They were not keen-edged. A man who was … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged darkness, food, limerick, pain | 6 Comments

Invisible Shadows

Posted on November 27, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt 223 – “And I Quote”-Installment #4 Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you. ~ Walt Whitman “This inspiration from American poet, Walt Whitman, plays on the concept … Continue reading →

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Invisible Shadows

Posted on November 26, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #223 – “And I Quote” – Installment #4 “Write either a sunshine poem or a shadow poem. Or light. Or dark. Either definition of each is acceptable, as in gradations of luminescence or lighthearted … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged darkness, death, Grief, shadows | 2 Comments

Hide Me

Posted on May 27, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: the Sunday Whirl, Wordle #353 Words: belong, strip, hiding, laugh, put, close, skip, home, invisible, corners, cardboard, black Hide me in black corners. Make me invisible so I will not have to smile or laugh. Close doors of belonging. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged darkness, hidden, pretense, Wordle | 6 Comments

Engulfed

Posted on April 20, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Day 19 – Get Listed: Poems in April Edition (posted by Sanaa) Choose one of the word groups (use all four words) that best fits with mood/theme/personality of your poem. My words … Continue reading →