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A Trip to Recharge
Written for: Sunday Muse #221 – Images from old movies “I find movies fascinating, and they always inspire me to want to write a story for the big screen someday. That being said, I am not saying you have to … Continue reading
Scope of Dreams
Written for: Friday Writings #33: Daring to Dream “Hello, dear wordsmiths. What are your dreams, in these – er – interesting times? Are they big or small, personal or planetary? All of the above?” “What does my cat dream of, … Continue reading
Love of Friends
Written for: April 2022 PAD Challenge – Day 26 Two-for-Tuesday “Write a love and/or anti-love poem.” Solid love for old friends, acute yearning to spend some time with those who helped me climb this steep ladder of mine. I could … Continue reading
Scattered
Written for: April 2022 PAD Challenge – Day 4 Friends retired are now scattered to warmer climates. Some are near family, a comfort with age. We can communicate without touch. My heart thrums with yearning to embrace them; catch up. … Continue reading
Thirty to Fifty
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #374 – Chapter and Verse “Our lives seem to go by in phases. We can almost divide these lives into chapters like in a book. Think of your lives in three separate chapters. Title … Continue reading
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Tagged Friends, music, peak, twenty years, Villanelle form
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Cloudy With Sun Spots
Written for: November 2021 PAD – Day 19 “Write a future poem.” Future is hard to see clearly. Present life changes every day, a formless lump of modeling clay. Current mood can make future drear. Some hope to see a … Continue reading
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Tagged Friends, future pictures, Moods, Rondel form, Written for Challenge
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That September Day
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub (posted by Laura Bloomsbury) Meeting The Bar: Something Noel in Lines “Since today is the 9th of the 9th month it is fitting for that numeral to inform today’s poetry form – so let’s meet … Continue reading
Old Man In Sorrow
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #74: Painted Tales (posted by Magaly) “Today’s prompt came to mind after I watched Girl with a Pearl Earring, a movie inspired by a novel which was inspired by a painting… Now, … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, family, Friends, POV of subject, sorrow, Written from Art
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Tortoise And Hare
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #60: Troubled Relationships (posted by Magaly) “I invite you to write new poetry or prose using “a troubled relationship”—literal or metaphorical—as inspiration.” The tortoise was steadfast and slow. The hare was quick … Continue reading
P is for Punctuality
Written for: One Woman’s Quest II VJ’S WEEKLY CHALLENGE: THE OTHER SIDE “This week, I am challenging myself to consider the other side. Through creative writing or visualization, to imagine a dialogue with an opposing force. If I am so … Continue reading
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