Tag Archives: earth

What Can You Do?

Posted on April 23, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetics Aside 2023 April PAD Challenge – Day 22 “Write a ‘What (blank)’ poem. Today is National Earth Day. Sweep our planet of declension. What color future do you see from charcoal to candlelight shade? See with eyes … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged attention, earth, Villanelle form, Written for Challenge | 2 Comments

For the Good Of The Earth

Posted on March 20, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #430 – For or Against “As we know, you can be for something or against something. The stuff of confrontation. We won’t go there. This is a soothing place. The poems we write are … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged attention, awareness, double nonet, earth, writing | 2 Comments

When Wind Blew Through Earth

Posted on June 21, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #557 Words: blackbird, flame, meek, wind, earth, cross, creed, time, woman, search, seem, me Time was, wind blew through earth like a cross woman inflamed by scorn. Blackbirds searched for new homes, their creed being … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged creatures, disaster, earth, omens, wind, Wordle | 2 Comments

Ground and Sky Trade Places

Posted on October 11, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Miz Quickly – Day 10 “What if basement condos were prime real estate and penthouses were low rent? What if life actually did begin at forty? Writers of alternative fiction often begin by changing one thing in their … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged color, earth, imagination, sky, What if? | 5 Comments

Living Blindly

Posted on July 8, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #77 (posted by Rosemary) “Boiling Over” “‘Human arrogance is boiling over’ said Rob Kistner in a comment to a recent Writers’ Pantry, after writing a moving poem about the need for poets … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged earth, self-important, species, superior | 15 Comments

Consequences of Ignorance

Posted on December 7, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #485 Words: sorry, familiar, earthy, train, skip, showstopper, scene, mass, plan, slip, sticky, spice They were sorry, son, that they had no plan. Slipped up when it came to earth’s mass. A familiar, joyous scene … Continue reading →

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Burn Into Light

Posted on September 15, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #36 – “a phoenix first must burn” “Write new poetry or prose inspired by the phrase: “a phoenix first must burn” (Posted by Magaly)” Mother Nature was pissed off. Father Time said … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged earth, fire, flood, nature, Time | 2 Comments

Hugless

Posted on March 23, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #448 Words: hug, face, restrict, home, times, cult, distance, count, woke, look, call, hands How I miss hugs! They put a smile on my face, no matter the mood I might be stewing in. … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged distance, earth, fear, hugs, restriction | 4 Comments

Home Improvements

Posted on December 30, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #275 – “What’s New?” “We stand on the crest of a new year, in a new decade. Both causes to celebrate. Everything becomes a fresh new start to everything you aspire to! So we … Continue reading →

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creatures

Posted on October 31, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem #1769 – free choice of prompt, and make it a soliloquy no renga As you (maybe) know the “solo-renga” has at least six (6) stanza. You start with the “hokku” (starting verse) and end with the … Continue reading →