Tag Archives: feelings

Frank N. Stein

Posted on October 19, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #308 “Where Have You Gone, Lon Chaney? “We’re creeping (great word for the time) toward All Hallow’s Eve and the marathon of spooky monster movies on television. Names like Karloff, Legosi, Cushing, Lee have … Continue reading →

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Invisible Bars

Posted on May 13, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Prosery: Maya Angelou (posted by Bjorn) Today we write Prosery together. The challenge is to write a piece of prose where we use a line from a piece of poetry. Today we are looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged apart, bars, feelings, inspired by a line from another poem, self-imposed | 5 Comments

The Affects

Posted on May 7, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #288 – “Charting A New Course” “We’ve been sequestered, isolated, quarantined and separated. I can tell you from first hand experience that our lives have been changed. I’m sure many of us can. What … Continue reading →

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Maladroit

Posted on September 28, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Weekend Mini-Challenge: “Maladroit” (Posted by Kim) “The Cambridge English Dictionary defines ‘maladroit’ as an adjective meaning awkward in movement or unskilled in behaviour or action (clumsy) with the following example sentence: ‘She … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged accidents, awkwardness, feelings, tools, triolet form | 18 Comments

Little Buddha Dog

Posted on September 26, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Mindfulness and Poetry (posted by SarahSouthwest) Tonight we’re doing a mash-up prompt. I want to use a mindfulness technique to open up your poetic brain, and then take it from there, and see … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged condense, feelings, free-writing, Object, Poem | 17 Comments

A Gracious Mask

Posted on October 26, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: The Metaphorical Mask (Posted by Mish) “For today’s prompt, I’d like you to focus on metaphorical masks, or psychological masks, so to speak. Whether we admit or not, we have all worn them … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged feelings, games, masks, pretence | 7 Comments

Moods of Blue

Posted on October 18, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Quickly – “Make It Easy On Yourself” “Nothing fancy. Listen. Go where you go.” (Mz. Quickly shared videos of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Peggy Lee, and Ray Charles) Some blues wail, leave a trail of sadness and … Continue reading →