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Shredded Flowers of Peace

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #590 Words: floods, barns, faded, walked, peace, drumming, clung, hunt, thick, blooms, topped, spread Outside the barns, homes, and shelters we have walked past, thick blooms that once clung to peace have faded– spread … Continue reading

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What Remained

Written for: Sunday Muse #220 As destruction reared its monstrous face, he grabbed the only thing left that mattered, all the letters they had exchanged. Had there been even moments to spare, he would have taken the wooden box where … Continue reading

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Dark Winter’s End

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Opening Sentences of Famous Novels (posted by Lynda Lee Lyberg) “Below are the sentences, with the Author and book title. Please reference which sentence you chose, either as an epigraph or author’s note.” … Continue reading

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Neglect

Written for: Friday Writings 11: Feast or Famine (posted by Rommy) “For those of you who would like a prompt to work with, may I suggest writing about what comes to mind after reading the phrase “feast or famine”.” What … Continue reading

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Erosion of Earth

Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Write a poem using the words: negative, balance, erosion.” erosion of earth will leave us all with a negative balance https://godoggocafe.com/2021/05/11/tuesday-writing-prompt-challenge-tuesday-may-11-2021/

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Defiant in Numbers

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #490 Words: failure, try, proud, craven, fraud, storm, hide, treason, branch, right, complicit, sedition Accused of trying to hide his failure, he remained proud even when indicted for treason and fraud. Others were arrested … Continue reading

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Faces of Rain

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #301 “Have You Ever Seen The Rain? “Write on any aspect of rain.” Rain reigns supreme in this new world of deluge and destruction. Tears rain down faces of those who have lost all, … Continue reading

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As Hope, As Reminder

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday – Hiroshima Day 2019:  A Reflection on Peace  (posted by Frank Tassone) Shigeo Hayashi [Public domain] “Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Last year, we commemorated this memorial … Continue reading

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Gargoyles On the Loose

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Weekend Mini-Challenge Art FLASH/55  (posted by Kerry) For this weekend’s art collaboration, I am introducing an illustrator in mixed media ink, Quincy Washington, from Portland, Oregon, USA. He has kindly given permission … Continue reading

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What Will Surface?

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – “Just One Word: Muddy” (imagined by Marian) Muddy brown waters rage and bubble like a witch’s caldron, flooding over houses, land, people, animals with a vengeance that feels personal. Imagine that it … Continue reading

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