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Under the Moon Of Dreams Come True
Written for: Poetic Bloomings Prompt #336 – Under The Moon of (——–) “Fill in the blank” Under the moon of dreams come true you can stand when the moon is full. Gaze ’til a face appears to you, under the … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, dreams, face, moon, triolet form
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Pink Sand Castles
Written for: Sunday Muse #160 (posted by Shay) I lean against these tenement bars, cold steel, like this city. While holding my face up to the sun, I close my eyes, and dream of an island life, friends gathered around … Continue reading
Possibilities of Evening
Written for: April 2021 PAD Challenge – Day 29 “Write an evening poem.” I love that interim time before those violets and roses pull back their doors. A thread of color ‘fore brush of black. My eyes await the silver … Continue reading
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Tagged colors, dreams, Interlocking rubaiyat form, new start, Night, Written for Challenge
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In Harvest Gold Grass
Written for: April 2021 PAD – Day 18 “Write an ekphrastic poem” (from a work of art) I linger in harvest gold grass, my mind far from a farm’s many chores. Feel a part of this field, alas field lies … Continue reading
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Tagged dreams, ekphrastic poem, farmlife, lonely, Pantoum, Written for Challenge
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“we lie close”
Written for: The Twiglets #212 – “we lie close” A lie is not close to the truth Lying close we each dream our own dreams lying close to ocean waves silver crest in noon day sun A powerful man bent … Continue reading
Protected By the Moon
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Prosery Monday: Moonbeams and Moon Dreams (posted by Merrill) “Prosery is prose that includes a line from a poem. I will give you the line, and then you incorporate it into a short prose … Continue reading
Wild White Horse
Written for: Poetic Asides April 2020 PAD Challenge – Day 15 Write a dream poem. A wild white horse galloped off on shaky legs. He lowered his head to drink from many streams. Cloaked in confusion, he saw fine fields … Continue reading
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Tagged dreams, Seeking, terza rima form, unsettled, white horse, Written for Challenge
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“away and away”
Written for: The Twiglets #163 – “away and away” If there’s a will, there’s a way to get away. away on an island, water sea-foam green only sounds are native birds. Ah, but ’tis only a dream. away in the … Continue reading
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Tagged clouds, dreams, gambling, Haiku, island, limerick, Micro-poetry
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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
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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
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