Tag Archives: emptiness

Deserted

Posted on November 14, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #412 – Animal Instinct “Write an animal poem.” My life is not the same, with both dogs gone my heart hurts. Sadness is quite a drain. My life is not the same. My smiles … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged change, dogs, emptiness, triolet form | 5 Comments

The Hard Work of Adapting to Losses

Posted on November 8, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: November 2022 PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 7 “Day 7 asks poets to adapt. Write an adaptation poem.” Marion was with us, from eight weeks to fifteen years. She left us in April. Dear family member–gone. Marion was … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged emptiness, loss, pain, pantoum form, sorrow, Written for Challenge | 2 Comments

A Clearing in the Woods

Posted on June 27, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #216 An overgrown clearing in lush forest once rang with sounds of children’s laughter as they chased each other across the grounds. A table laden with food and drink, a centered candelabra with partially melted candles, … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged emptiness, forest, mystery, table, Written from Art | 6 Comments

Lost On A Sunday

Posted on October 5, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #354 – Edward Hopper “It seems the paintings and works of artist Edward Hopper are great fodder to inspire other artists in their endeavors. We as poets have come across this from time to … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged emptiness, loss, Sunday, Written from Art | 2 Comments

day after

Posted on February 23, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem #1812 The Day After Valentine’s Day … “This haiku is about Valentine’s day or more the day after. As you maybe know Saint Valentine’s Day is on February 14th and is a holiday in almost the … Continue reading →

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Weeping

Posted on September 1, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Micro-Poetry~Fill The Empty Parts (posted by Kerry) The object of this challenge is to write a poem in no more than 10 lines. We are taking inspiration today from Rupi Kaur, using the … Continue reading →

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January

Posted on January 8, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday – “January” (posted by Kim) “There is an overall feeling of emptiness, which is reflected in the January skies: they are grey, there are no birds and, at the moment of writing, … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged emptiness, garbage, Haibun, January, Winter | 25 Comments

House of Confusion

Posted on August 16, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Meeting the Bar: Critique and Craft – Reverse Poetry (posted by Frank) “A reverse poem is one that presents a message, story or a viewpoint for a few lines and then stops and rewinds all … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged dream, emptiness, house, Reversed poetry, unfinished | 20 Comments

zen

Posted on November 1, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem #1290 spiritual way – Haiku’s state of mind – zen […] “To start with I have a haiku in which one of the most important issues of Zen Buddhism, Emptiness, is mentioned and with that haiku I … Continue reading →

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Bare Room

Posted on October 4, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #44 – “a bare room” Even a bare room has remnants of scents–a whiff of cologne in the closet, a hint of orange floor polish on empty planks of wood. Even a bare room can jar … Continue reading →