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Dreams In A Yurt
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #270 – “A Whole Pocketful Of Thanks” “Take this phrase: “Turkey With All The Trimmings” In the letters of these words, find about six new words and use those in your poem.” She practiced … Continue reading
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Tagged career, determined, dreams, hopeful, written from words
An Abecedarian
Written for: Poetic Asides 2019 November PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 2 “Write an alpha poem.” All through hours of darkness Bells tinkled in harmony with sigh-sound of wind Chimes, as if summer breezes tip-toed through my Dreams. For once … Continue reading
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Tagged Abecedarian form, characters, dreams, fairytales, nightmares, Written for Challenge
“nightingale”
Written for: Carpe Diem #1686 Troiku Month (15) Nightingale “Today I have a nice haiku by Chiyo-Ni, one of the most famous classical haiku poetesses we know. She is renown by that wonderful haiku about the Morning Glory, but that’s … Continue reading
Some Questions
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – April Poems – Day 29 “Asking Questions” (posted by Bjorn) “I think especially open questions leads us to think, where answers leads blocks our thinking often in a dividing manner. So the … Continue reading
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Tagged allergies, confidence, dreams, harmless, nightmares, questions, test, unicorns
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Music In Black And White
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – April Poems – Day 28 “Photographic Images Reimagined” (posted by Margaret) “These images are free to download and use. I linked the sites and you are also free to choose one for … Continue reading
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Tagged black and white, dreams, neighborhood, piano music, Written for Challenge
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Effects of Dreaming
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – April Poems – Day 9 The Tuesday Platform: “Understand That This is a Dream” (poem by Allen Ginsberg) (posted by Sanaa) “Greetings poets, wayfarers and friends. Welcome to the Tuesday Platform, the … Continue reading
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Tagged choice, dreams, exhaustion, party, refreshed, sex, terror
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A Field of Sunflowers (pantoum 2)
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetry: a Piece of Written Art (posted by Victoria) In our current form challenge, the Pantoum, we are working with both structure and repetition—techniques much like pattern in visual art. This form, and others … Continue reading
Encounters in Dreams
Written for: Poetic Asides #469 – Write an encounter poem. “The encounter could be a scheduled appointment. Or an unexpected meeting. The encounter itself could be a happy event. Or produce sad, anxious, scary, or annoying emotions. Could be person-to-person. … Continue reading
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Tagged dreams, encounters, imagination, new friends
Anti-Reality
Written for: Poetic Asides 2018 November PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 15 “For today’s prompt, take the word “Anti-(blank),” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new word or phrase the title of your poem, and then, … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, dreams, fun, reality, Rondel, Written for Challenge
“clouds and waves”
Written for: Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge September 2018 Chained Together III (12) This haiku is written by Dolores: clouds and waves carry my dreams away tugging my anchor … Continue reading
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Tagged clouds, dreams, Inspired by another poem, tan renga, waves
