Tag Archives: darkness

Chameleon

Posted on May 4, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt “Use the words ghoul, blood, and infant in a piece of writing.” His appearance is that of an infant–sweet face, bouncy curls. When darkness sets in, his true self within … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged appearance, change, darkness, written from words | 2 Comments

“across the sky”

Posted on April 6, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets – across the sky No sight can be seen across the sky. It is obliterated by a war of darkness. I search for a patch of blue hope in the sky. she looks up at sky … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged children's story, darkness, Haiku, kite, limerick, Micro-poetry, search | 6 Comments

Accomplishments of Spring

Posted on April 5, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #149, ‘Tis the Season (posted by msjadeli) “Pen a poem including some form of the word, ‘season'”. Almost post-pandemic, the season of Spring dares to peep out of hiding, painting flowers, trees, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged color, darkness, lift, possibility, Spring | 10 Comments

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

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Cento form, darkness, inspired by other poems, Written for Challenge | Comments Off

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 →