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Battles Within
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Quatern (posted by Donna Matthews) This poem has 16 lines broken up into 4 quatrains (or 4-line stanzas). Each line is comprised of eight syllables. The first line is the refrain. In the … Continue reading
Days of Dark Times
Written for: Poetic Asides PAD November 2020 Challenge – Day 10 “Today is another two-for-Tuesday prompt day. You can pick one prompt, pick both prompts, or even write one poem that attempts to do them both. For today’s prompt: – … Continue reading
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Tagged Acrostic form, closings, depression, Illness, Written for Challenge
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The Times I Cannot Cope
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet: Rondine The “rondine” is very similar to the rondeau. 12-line poem 2 stanzas 7 lines in the first stanza; 5 lines in the second 8 or 10 syllables per line, except in the … Continue reading
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Tagged coping, depression, masks, phobia, Rodine form, walking
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Sara Teasdale
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #284 – “What’s In A Name?” “Think of a famous poet/writer or another person who has your same first name, and write a tribute or ode to this person. I mean after all … … Continue reading
Tired of Depression
Written for: 2018 November PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 3 For today’s prompt, take the phrase “Tired of (blank),” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your … Continue reading
Washed Out
Written for: Poetic Asides #383 For today’s prompt, write an “it can’t be” poem. That is, a poem about something that just can’t be true. For some, this might mean a heart-broken love poem at the end of a relationship. … Continue reading
Depression
Written for: Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #18, Depression Depression? In this prompt I mean the “mood”, because in tanka “mood” plays a big role. garbage the rotting remains of life take my breath away a broken heart and more, but … Continue reading
