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No Permanent Home
Written for: Sunday Muse #150 (posted by Carrie) Hurried, being chased from their home. The family gathers their most precious possessions–ones they are able to carry. Cannot afford to tarry here where danger lurks. Only the father, musician and teacher, … Continue reading
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Tagged escape, family, hurried, music, persecution, tears, Written from Art
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The Old Cabin Home
Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #483 Words: wind, home, gratitude, tender, frill, feed, flow, silver, mince, road, finger, family Wind slipped through fingernail cracks in the old family cabin home. Difficult to find the dirt road if you are unfamiliar … Continue reading
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Tagged family, holiday, old home, small town, Wordle
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Team Players
Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #481 Words: team, progress, power, soul, joy, act, those, family, passing, owe, rural, back Whether from rural areas or cities, a team’s power of progress is owed to its soul–that feeling of joy–of being a … Continue reading
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Tagged family, loss, soul, team players, Wordle
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Homeless Child
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration It’s Tragic! Write this poem: “The greatest tragedy is –––––––––” A child is left alone scared, hungry. You look at her and wonder how this can be. You bemoan– she looks young, … Continue reading
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Tagged child, family, fear, homeless, hunger, Tri-Fall form, warmth
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Fun Times
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #280 – “It’s Super” “What’s “Super” in your life? Whatever it might be, write a “Super” poem.” I am with family after eight years away spending fun times with my sister– we are. https://poeticbloomings2.wordpress.com/
Authentic You
Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Authenticity (posted by Susan) “What makes each of us authentic? Where and when are we most authentic? Do people perceive us as inauthentic if we change? In what ways does authenticity shape anyone’s writing and … Continue reading
Struggling To Find The Light
Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #427 Words: ask, crime, salt, conduct, side, light, probe, chime, dime, hands, struggle, design Ask them how it is. Struggle to bring light back into their lives. Turn of a dime, ring of a chime, … Continue reading
As Hope, As Reminder
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday – Hiroshima Day 2019: A Reflection on Peace (posted by Frank Tassone) Shigeo Hayashi [Public domain] “Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Last year, we commemorated this memorial … Continue reading
Worrying At The Window
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #82 (posted by Kim) “Fretboard of Poetry” The word ‘fret’ has its origins in Old English fretan meaning to ‘devour or consume’ and is related to the Dutch vreten and German fressen. Its … Continue reading
Memorial in Washington, D.C.
“Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday: Memorial (posted by Frank T.) Write a haibun that alludes to the concept of memorial in some way.” On our trip were two ex-soldiers, my father in World War II, and my … Continue reading
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Tagged family, Haibun, happy, soldiers, trip, Washington D.C. Memorial
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