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Deconstructed Cento
Written for: Miz Quickly – Day 16 – Quilt Poem on a Quilt This is a three-parter. Make Cento Deconstruct Write Poem (If you skip steps One and Two…well, don’t) For our purpose today, a cento is a patchwork of … Continue reading
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Tagged butterfly, cento, daylight, flowers, inspired by other poets, Madness, moon
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“swaying world”
Written for: The Twiglets #252 – “swaying world” I am not dizzy, the world sways. She sways to music only she can hear. nodding heads swaying in a Spring breeze red tulips He claimed to be a Man of the … Continue reading
morning glories
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Use the words, tomorrow, death, and glory.” morning glories light spreads joy on this Spring day leaves death for tomorrow https://godoggocafe.com/
A Cento of Nature
Written for: April 2021 PAD Challenge – Day 22 “Write a nature poem.” Hope is the thing with feathers who moves his soft velvety head. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air call to you, harsh and … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, Cento form, flowers, trees, waterfalls, Written for Challenge
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In The Garden
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 Prompt #329 – Head In A Cloud “Today we offer this flower cloud of words. And no better topic to explore in this garden than tending our garden. Use whatever words that move you and write … Continue reading
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Tagged flowers, garden, hope, Spring, written from words
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Complimenting Violet and Yellow
Written for: Poetic Asides PAD November 2020 Challenge – Day 11 Autumn, while beautiful, means death for all those purple petunias, while lavender lessens in color, and eating plucots comes to an end. On a table yellow and violet candles … Continue reading
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Tagged candles, colors, flowers, Golden Shovel form, Written for Challenge
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Lemon
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Meeting The Bar: Haiku sequence (posted by Frank Tassone) “Did you know that you could write multiple haiku that express a similar theme or montage of images? That haikai form is known as the … Continue reading
“get messy”
Written for: The Twiglets #180 – “get messy” Fun of finger painting is that you were encouraged to get messy. so many ways to get messy. I would not like to be a mud wrestler. flowers of plant droop in … Continue reading
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Tagged American Sentence, cleaning, flowers, Haiku, limerick, Micro-poetry, mud
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Where Calmness is Found
Written for: Poetic Asides Prompt #525 – “Write a calm poem.” Gazing at garden flowers, watching ocean waves peak. I can spend countless hours to gain the calmness I seek. Jasmine incense burns soothing music plays I close my eyes … Continue reading
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Tagged calmness, flowers, jasmine, meditation, music, ocean waves
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Sevenling . . . three robins
Written for: Poetic Asides Countdown to Challenge: T-minus 7 – Write a short poem. For: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet – Sevenling “The first three lines should contain an element of three. It could be three connected or contrasting statements, … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, flowers, hope, Sevenling, short poems, Spring, trees
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