Tag Archives: failure

The Experiment

Posted on May 8, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #552 Words: physics, bar, dirt, fools, sometimes, clod, never, alchemy, drunk, snack, gold, silver His experiments with physics for creating a super-antibiotic which would raise the bar in treatments, left the alchemist little spare … Continue reading →

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Obstacles, Unseen and Seen

Posted on November 6, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Miz Quickly – Day 5 “Consider obstacles.” There are people who create their own blocks. Oh, I would fail, Oh, I would succeed. Easy to put up walls, harder to tear them down. Then, we have true obstacle … Continue reading →

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Biscuit Bummer

Posted on November 6, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetics Aside PAD November 2020 Challenge – Day 5 “For today’s prompt, write a ruin poem. The poem could be about visiting some ancient ruins. Or you could write about ruining a situation or ruining a recipe (I’ve … Continue reading →

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0 For Two

Posted on October 5, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #306 “What’s My Line?” “Through our lives we’ve sustained ourselves, working hard to achieve what we set out to do. We’ve probably had a few jobs in our adult lives to work towards that … Continue reading →

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State Of Mind

Posted on September 11, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub: Making much of Madness (Posted by Laura Bloomsbury) For this Poetics Challenge, write in the 1st or 3rd person of your own experiences (real or imagined) or your witnessing mental health issues. Or if you … Continue reading →

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An Act Of Sabotage

Posted on February 11, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Blomings2 – #234 – Motivation: Ambition Ambition– mine is sabotaged by myself. Why is that do you suppose? Frightened of failure or success? https://poeticbloomings2.wordpress.com/2019/02/10/prompt-234-motivation-ambition/#comments