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No Accident
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm: Triquint Triquint is a poetry form which consists of 3 verses of 5 lines each. Lines 3 and 4 of verse 1 (Refrain) repeat in verses 2 and 3. The declining syllable count for … Continue reading
Cold Ashes
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Get Listed: January Edition “Choose any 3 words that fit best with mood/theme/personality of your poem on a topic of your choice:” carnation slightly … Continue reading
Invisible Shadows
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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Tagged darkness, death, destruction, shadows
Invisible Shadows
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
Restore
Written for: Miz Quickly – Two Word, “carry me” Restore my senses to carefree clarity Carry me on your shoulders, Dad, down to the hem of ocean foam, like you did when I was a child. Restore my senses to … Continue reading
Course of Eight Years
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – “Frustration and Heartbreak (posted by Frank) Frustration and heartbreak are risky themes. The characters expressing these emotions of weakness look silly to some. That’s the risk. The reward, however, for writers who successfully take … Continue reading
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Tagged death, decisions, family, Friends, frustration, heartbreak, lost time
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away
Written for: Carpe Diem #1488 – The Soul of Portugal “Although the origins are difficult to trace, today fado (destiny, fate) is commonly regarded as simply a form of song which can be about anything, but must follow a certain traditional … Continue reading
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Tagged death, Haiku, longing, water, written from music
Public Scrutiny
Written for: Poetic Asides 2018 April PAD Challenge Day 29 Write a response poem. My thought is that you should respond to one of your poems from earlier in challenge. In response to my 4/14 poem, Star: Once again, The … Continue reading
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Tagged death, media, reputation, starlet, Written for Challenge
“a great silence”
Written for: Carpe Diem #1391 – A Great Silence (Taken from a poem of Rumi’s) birds sing leaves rustle no human sound © Chèvrefeuille Here is my attempt: sad silence one voice less that makes me smile a good friend is … Continue reading
Flower Feud
Written for: Hedgewitch Flash 55 Pink peonies protest the addition of red geraniums, citing their dull appearance. Geraniums joke, remember, we live longer than you. In the end, it is the poppies that must remind all the flowers of the … Continue reading
