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Loser Day
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – July Covid-19 – Day 29 Good Time Charley’s Got The Blues ‘Write a win or lose poem.’ Four placements are placed in the wash, then hung to dry. Up come three. Big mystery. Later same … Continue reading
Peace At Night
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
Seasonal Affects
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet: Sonnet “Today we revisit an old classic – the Sonnet! The SONNET is a poem that consists of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite … Continue reading
Nocturnal Notions
Written for: Poetic Asides 2019 PAD November Chapbook Challenge – Day 27 “For today’s prompt, write a remix poem. To do this, pick one (or more) of your poems from earlier this month, and remix it. Bend free verse into … Continue reading
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Tagged cozy, dogs, Night, patterns, Peace, Written for Challenge
Dog Routine
Written for: Poetic Asides 2019 PAD November Chapbook Challenge – Day 8 Write a pet poem. The dogs go out, the dogs come in no matter if it’s day or night. Murphy’s preference is 4:00 AM The dogs go out, … Continue reading
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Tagged Day, dogs, Night, routine, triolet form, Written for Challenge
Daily Dog Walks
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration: Creatures of Habit “WRITE A PIECE ABOUT SOMETHING YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS. TAKE THE MUNDANE AND MAKE IT AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT! There is the daily routine of taking dogs for a … Continue reading
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Tagged dogs, habits, routines, walking
Explanation To A Dog
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet – Terza Rima “Terza rima is a three-line stanza using chain rhyme in the pattern ABA BCB CDC DED. There is no limit to the number of lines, but poems or sections of … Continue reading
Written for: Poetic Bloomings – Prompt #257 – “And I Quote!” #5 “Today, consider this quote as the inspiration for your poem.” Imagination is the true magic carpet ~Norman Vincent Peale With wings of satin silver I fly to every … Continue reading
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Tagged Beach, dogs, imagination, What-ifs, wings
I’ll Take Them All
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet: Lannet The “Lannet” is a variant of the sonnet, as it consists of 14 lines. There is a strict syllable count of 10 per line. It has NO END-LINE RHYMING SCHEME. Only internal … Continue reading
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Tagged dogs, homeless, Lannet form, rescue, wish
My Soup Runneth Over
Written for: Miz Quickly – Complete in Itself Write between five and fourteen lines (one poem, or more than one), and let every line be complete in itself. That’s not always a complete sentence. Though you want every line to be … Continue reading
