Tag Archives: Emotions

This Poem is Risky

Posted on November 18, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: November 2022 PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 17 “For today’s prompt, write a risk poem. Most of my family is really into the classic board game Risk, but there’s more to risk than fake armies and real dice. … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged daring, Emotions, reactions, silly, Written for Challenge | 2 Comments

Sweetness vs. Majesty

Posted on September 5, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #568 Words: face, map, check, hope, vast, stillness, sparrows, kiss, pulpit, lack, silent, whisper You whisper into silent stillness, your hopeful face a vast map of emotions you cannot hold in check. I burn … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged burning, comparisons, Emotions, sweet, Wordle | 2 Comments

Busy Pen vs. Blindfold

Posted on September 28, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday Writer’s Block (posted by Frank Tassone) I have a dual reaction to sad. At times, I must write to get through it. I pen poems furiously. Other times, my mind whirls like … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Emotions, focus, inspired, writing | 25 Comments

“an emotional ape”

Posted on December 17, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #207 – “an emotional ape” That big gorilla husband of mine cried like an emotional ape. Carefully, the ape peeled his banana from the bottom up. cries in his cage emotionally distraught over loss of mate … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged American Sentence form, boastful, Emotions, gorilla, Haiku, limerick, Micro-poetry | 6 Comments

Blending Sheep

Posted on June 24, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt Write a piece of prose around the word “faceless” Do burqa-draped women feel faceless? Now that we mask day after day, mumbling sounds to our own ears and others, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged coverings, Emotions, faceless, hidden | 6 Comments

If You

Posted on December 11, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Echo … echo … echo (posted by Merrill) “We usually think of an echo as a sound, but thoughts and memories echo, too. Christina Rossetti’s poem, “Echo,” is about memories echoing. She also … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged echo, Emotions, Love, relationship | 13 Comments

losing branches

Posted on March 1, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Season Your Poetry Part II (posted by Toni) “Matsuo Basho invented the Haibun form during the Edo period while travelling on a journey – for enlightenment! He kept a daily travel journal … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Emotions, family, Haibun, losses | 20 Comments

Emotional Food

Posted on November 1, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetics Aside #460 – Write a nourishment poem. Without emotional nourishment we are frightened, floating souls.

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged attention, Emotions, support | Comments Off

Unseen Emotions

Posted on October 21, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – MicroPoetry~Notebook Poetry “Breakable” (posted by Kerry) “I wondered if I might inspire others to return to the comfort of pen and paper. I do not expect you all to rush about looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged breakable, Emotions, feathers, hidden | 14 Comments

Imagining Who You Are

Posted on September 10, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Quickly Warm up with a list. I am _______. I am not _______. I am _______. I am not _______. Be both real and wild. Be serious and silly. Go so far from the way YOU see YOURSELF … Continue reading →