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What Can You Do?

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

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For the Good Of The Earth

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

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When Wind Blew Through Earth

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

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Ground and Sky Trade Places

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

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Living Blindly

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

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Consequences of Ignorance

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

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

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Hugless

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

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Home Improvements

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

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

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