Tag Archives: freedom

The Price You Pay

Posted on July 12, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #168 With freedom comes a price. Assimilating into a new land and culture takes a toll. The weight of the city is on her shoulders. She is learning the language, in hopes of becoming a doctor … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged City, freedom, toll, woman, Written from Art | 14 Comments

Vital Move

Posted on June 9, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Write a poem that uses the words, “weary”, “nails”, and “mind control”. Weary of being the subject of his father’s mind control, he nailed a new position on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged father, freedom, influence, son, written from words | 2 Comments

The Attraction of Pale Blue

Posted on May 23, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #161 Butterflies gravitate towards pale blue like my dress. They know I will care for them. Not put them in a cage. Now that you have released them, I do hope the butterflies will forgive you, … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged butterflies, colors, freedom, girls, Written from Art | 23 Comments

Poetry Persists

Posted on July 8, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – July Covid-19 P.A.D – Day 7 – “Reason To Cheer” “How good is it that we can “come together” to write and comment here and on other poetry pages without restrictions or regulations? (OK, there … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged forms, freedom, Poetry, voices, writing | 1 Comment

The Light Of The Moon

Posted on August 18, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Prompt – Poetry Form: Sestina (posted by Victoria Slotto) Allons-y to Provence in the south of France, and back in time to the 12th Century. The form is thought to have been developed by a troubadour, … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged freedom, Love, magic, moon, sestina form, uncertainty | 16 Comments

Handling Freedom

Posted on April 24, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides 2019 April PAD Challenge – Day 23 Two-for-Tuesday – Write a Free poem or a Not Free poem Except for death and taxes, she was free to rise when ready, stay up to wee dark hours … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged choices, freedom, Rubaiyat, structure, Written for Challenge | 2 Comments

Poetry vs. Prose

Posted on April 18, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Writing Prose (posted by Susan) “Your challenge is to do one or more of these in a new poem:” -describe prose vs. poetry -use the prose element of dialogue fitting the character who speaks it … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged freedom, interpretation, Poetry, prose, sentence, verse | 13 Comments

Free-Form Dancing

Posted on March 3, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #45 I free-form dance to music in my head. My people are dying off. Crowned in feathers, wrapped in grasses, I laugh for the lives we have lived, hoping there is a place for me in … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Dance, freedom, hope, Written from Art | 14 Comments

Changing Outlook

Posted on February 28, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Cloud (posted by Sumana) As a cloud you can be an actual cloud, that is a visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere, above the general level of the ground; wandering in … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged clouds, constraint, freedom, gray | 12 Comments

Paper Cranes

Posted on January 28, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Muse #40 She, a girl sensitive to all creatures fills cage with paper cranes. In the forest, she releases them; they fly free. Although but a gesture, she hears bluebirds, finches, and red robins sing.