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Feel the Glow
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #268 – “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” ‘Write a warm poem. Stir the hearth and send it my way. It will be greatly appreciated. “ Come on in! You are shivering. Warm yourself. Take off … Continue reading
Founding a New Land
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Artistic Interpretations with Margaret – “Alcohol Ink Part II” “Here I have the last of the Alcohol Inks from an exhibit of local talent in the Blue Ridge Mountain town of Boone, NC. … Continue reading
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Tagged color, discovery, fire, ice, land, rainbow, responsibility, Written from Art
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Soundless in Sadness
Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #408 Words: cut, stars, water, dogwood, quiver, granite, earth, pill, rough, bell, dearth, garland This poem is a bell that no longer rings. Dogwoods shiver-quiver as they are roughly ripped from the earth where a … Continue reading
Burning Letters
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: “Fire Up That Creativity” (posted by Victoria) “Fire is destructive, that’s clear. But it also has other aspects. There can be purifying benefits, clearing the earth for new growth, or perhaps symbolizing the … Continue reading
For Love Of A Daughter
Written for: Poetic Asides 2018 November PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 16 “For today’s prompt, write a brave poem. There are many instances of bravery each and every day. For some, bravery is running into a burning building to save … Continue reading
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Tagged fire, rescue, terza rima form, tragedy, Written for Challenge
Protection
Written for: Sunday Muse #29 They thought if every part of their bodies were thickly inked, new fires in this alien world would not be able to penetrate thin skins. They thought this might be a world in which they … Continue reading
Open Fire
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Autumn PAD – Day 3 “This prompt sort of plays in with our first two prompts. A fire can combat the cold and could supply the smells of which we wrote. But what about fire? … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn PAD, children, drive-by, fire, shadorma, victims
Survivor
Written for: The Sunday Muse I was lucky, when the flames engulfed the outside of this ancient building. You see a shambles of belongings saved inside these brick and thick concrete walls. All my old stuffed animals, sooty bunnies and … Continue reading
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Tagged destruction, fire, perception, Written from Art
Examples of Fire
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrill #52 “Let’s Fire It Up” (posted by WhimsyGizmo) Fired. Fiery. Firing. Afire. Let me stand next to your fire. Fire and ice. We didn’t start the fire. Write about a fire-breathing dragon, or … Continue reading
Ice to Flame
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads Micro Poetry ~ Fire and Ice (posted by Kerry) “It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche She is the ice to … Continue reading
