Tag Archives: girl

Bird Girl

Posted on July 28, 2019 by

Written for:  Sunday Muse #66 I can make myself look like you. A bird doesn’t wear shoes, so I took mine off. Picked my thinnest dress to wear so I will not be too heavy. I do not enjoy being … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , , | 8 Comments

Tunneling Into The Mind

Posted on April 29, 2019 by

Written for:  Sunday Muse #53 In my mind’s eye I see you, my lost little girl, all in yellow. Oh, how you loved that color. Said it made you feel like you were wearing the sun. Why  am I seeing old railroad … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , , , | 12 Comments

Complexities

Posted on February 4, 2019 by

Written for:  The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #389 Words:  shy, mine, inhibit, tough, night, trial, signal, hints, file, chill, sitting, swipe Shy, inhibited, this girl was tough to converse with, though not difficult to find. She favored a bench in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Paper Cranes

Posted on January 28, 2019 by

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.  

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , , , , | 14 Comments

At The Station

Posted on December 17, 2018 by

Written for:  The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #382 Words:  wind, neck, spin, howl, hundred, play, touch, shop, drop, lucky, train, plan Hear howl of wind spin, touch my neck like a play of icy affection. A hundred plans dropped from my … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , ,

Appreciation

Posted on November 27, 2018 by

Written for:  The Sunday Muse #31 Dressed in tidy white she treads on land where nothing grows. People have lost all hope that earth will forgive. She comes upon a single perfect rose, freshly planted, she supposes, but by whom.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

The Hood

Posted on October 13, 2018 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Wordy Thursday with WildWoman:  “Un-Fairy Tales” In 2011, Kerry created a prompt titled Un-Fairy Tales. I love the whole idea of rewriting those old tales and thought you might enjoy it, too. … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , , , | 10 Comments

Golden Blur

Posted on September 3, 2018 by

Written for:  The Sunday Muse #19 “Girl on the Boat” by William Oxer Her face is blurred by late afternoon sun blazing stripes across wood strips of the boat. Gilded outline of her arms in pose of hope. He will … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

Gazing Girl

Posted on August 12, 2018 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Wordy Thursday with Wild Woman “Piggyback Poems” The Horses, the Sorrow, the Umbilicus Horses were turned loose in the child’s sorrow. They galloped bare-boned, tore up her imagination’s pasture. Simple things became … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

A Wolf’s Truth

Posted on March 19, 2018 by

Written for:  The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #343 Words:  wild, cajole, practice, close, heap, means, wolf, small, kind, cringe, called, blight He calls out to assemble the others of his kind by means of a head up howl in the night. A … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments