Tag Archives: frustration

Against His Wishes

Posted on May 16, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #553 Words: against, star, flower, shot, beneath, beat, open, prowl, growl, shelf, slip, crow Beneath an open shelf, a growl emerged. Hope that raccoon and his buddies are not on the prowl, slipping into … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged frustration, wildlife, Wordle | 11 Comments

Our Isolation

Posted on November 10, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides PAD November 2020 Challenge – Day 9 “For today’s prompt, take the phrase “Our (blank),” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Fears, frustration, Haibun, isolation, Written for Challenge | 2 Comments

an empty page

Posted on July 10, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #134 – “an empty page” she sat in front of the empty page and sat, and sat Let’s establish what constitutes an empty page. Is the paper white and completely blank? Does it have ruled lines? … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged blank, frustration, Haiku, limerick, Micro-poetry, paper | 6 Comments

Course of Eight Years

Posted on September 6, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – “Frustration and Heartbreak (posted by Frank) Frustration and heartbreak are risky themes. The characters expressing these emotions of weakness look silly to some. That’s the risk. The reward, however, for writers who successfully take … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged death, decisions, family, Friends, frustration, heartbreak, lost time | 10 Comments

Thwarted

Posted on July 17, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #60 – Itch (posted by Grace) “To kick off this week’s celebration, we will play with the theme of “7”, (hint, hint). Do you have that itch to write after a hiatus? Do … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged frustration, itch, numb, quadrille | 28 Comments

Clarity of Truth

Posted on December 7, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Narcissus (Vanity/Narcissism) The narcissus is one of December’s birth flowers. According to Greek myth, it is the flower that grew when the vain young man Narcissus drowned in the lake in which he admired his own … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Age, changes, frustration, image, vanity | 14 Comments

Blue Move

Posted on July 6, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides #400 Write an event poem. My move has become an event. So much has gone wrong that I’m spent. Timing did not go as planned, six weeks at my cousin’s and two dogs who are dazed … Continue reading →