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Star Cloud

Posted on February 7, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #169 – A Star (Poem) is Born (posted by whimsygizmo) “Today, I’d like you to close your eyes and wish upon a star.” Starstruck, starry eyed, falling star, superstar, all-star, rockstar, Starbucks, starshine, … Continue reading →

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Dorothy Dreams a Storm

Posted on November 22, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #413 A Blizzard of Thought “We’re in for a nasty time weather-wise over the next few days here in the Great Lakes area. A mountainous amount of snow the likes we haven’t seen in … Continue reading →

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She Dreams Again

Posted on March 28, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #546 Words: whirred, dawn, tips, off, again, awoke, mists, laughed, shouldered, blur, quiet, stretched She dreams again of a long ago love. He, a broad shouldered, black- haired man who could make her laugh … Continue reading →

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A Dream Instead

Posted on July 29, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for Go Do Go Cafe Donna Matthews Challenge: Rondel form “The Rondel consists of 13 lines in 3 stanzas Rhyme scheme: ABba/abAB/abbaA (uppercase letters are refrains) Usually 8 syllables per line” Last night, asleep, a vivid dream rolled in, … Continue reading →

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Stream Dreaming

Posted on July 27, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille Monday #132 Your poem theme: Stream posted by (whimsygizmo) First, a quote: In your dream-scheme of things a stream may appear. Listen for water’s sound as it flows over stones. A streamlet has … Continue reading →

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Nightmare/Dream

Posted on November 4, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetics Aside PAD November 2020 Challenge – Day 3 “Two-for-Tuesday – Write a dream and/or nightmare poem.” Childhood Nightmare Mom says I fight in my sleep Maybe I could not fight awake. Evenings I remember waking with teeth … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 17, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet:  RYŪKA The RYŪKA is an untitled poem usually consisting of four units (often treated as separate stand alone lines when romanized or translated) standardly with the following pattern of onji (sounds, syllables): 8-8-8-6, … Continue reading →

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Watercolor Garden

Posted on May 21, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poets and Storytellers United  (posted by Sanaa) Weekly Scribblings #20:  “Undoubtedly Rossetti” “Hello everyone and welcome to another round of Weekly Scribblings! Poems by Christina Georgina Rossetti have always appealed to me. Born in London on 5th December, … Continue reading →

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In A Waterspout

Posted on April 7, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poetics Aside April 2020 PAD Challenge – Day 6 Write a trap poem. I’m trapped inside a waterspout I don’t know how this came about No one hears me when I shout I can’t get out! I can’t … Continue reading →

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Ripping Years Away

Posted on March 9, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #446 Words:  sing, lift, rip, old, smooth, blessings, floor, view, enough, panic, virus, twenty Sing and dance with me on this old wood floor the way you did when we were twenty. Lift me … Continue reading →

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