Tag Archives: games

Cybyl

Posted on September 6, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Writer’s Pantry #86: Pet Training Cybyl walked in the shape of an “S”, as if she were being followed by spies. Our black and white Springer Spaniel could not walk in a straight line, … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged dogs, games, idiosyncracies | 14 Comments

Chuck That Umbrella

Posted on July 28, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – July Covid-19 P.A.D. – Day 27 Everything Is Beachy “Here’s a batch of “Beachy Things”. Incorporate as many of them into you poem!” SAND, GULLS, WIND, WAVES, SWIMMERS, SUN, LOTION, PAIL AND SHOVEL BEACH BALLS, … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Beach, games, Sounds, swimming, waves | 3 Comments

Cut-Throat Monopoly

Posted on March 2, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #445 Words: heat, now, ask, wee, courageous, sly, chain, storyteller, tendrils, yesterday, jail, savor Favorite game of wee Wendy is Monopoly. Yesterday’s game became heated. First, when asked to choose a piece, dispute arose over … Continue reading →

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Something for Everyone

Posted on January 23, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet – Loop Poetry “There are no restrictions on the number of stanzas in Loop Poetry, nor on the syllable count per line. In each stanza, the last word of the first line becomes … Continue reading →

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Winter Play (solo renga)

Posted on January 7, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides – Renga Poems At its most basic, the renga is a tanka written by two or more poets. This Japanese form preceded (and inspired) haiku, and its common for poets to link several renga into a … Continue reading →

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Toad Tickles

Posted on July 16, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Tuesday Platform: “Toads Just Wanna Have Fun” (posted by Rommy) As a toad you must know I can put on a show anywhere lily pads grow. Hop from pad to pad, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Funny, games, lily pads, toads | 2 Comments

Valley Stream Days

Posted on May 16, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Picnic(s) (posted by Susan) A book of verse beneath the bough, A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness – Ah, wilderness were paradise enow! — Omar Khayyam … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged children, food, games, laughter, picnics | 15 Comments

Coney Island Turf

Posted on March 27, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: On Geography (posted by Anmol) “I am asking you all to explore geography in your poems. There are different ways of going about it — you can explore and inculcate the various subjects … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged baseball, Brooklyn, Coney Island, fun, games, poem geography, rides | 26 Comments

Where One Potato Leads

Posted on September 10, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #214 – “Your Number’s Up” What do numbers have to do with poetry, you ask? We use meter and rhythm to pace our poems. We count syllables in Fibonacci and Haiku/Senryu/Boketto. We number 14 … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged food, games, numbers, silly | 5 Comments

“a children’s game”

Posted on March 25, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem #1392 – A Children’s Game (Inspired by a poem of Rumi’s) playing doctor plastic tools and bandages innocence of children http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.nl/