Tag Archives: greed

Steeped in Greed

Posted on July 28, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe, Donna Matthews challenge: A Rondeau “The rondeau has a refrain and rhymes–two elements of many French poems. The traditional rondeau is a poem consisting of 3 stanzas, 13 original lines, and 2 refrains (of … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged ego, greed, road rage, Rondeau form, speed | 2 Comments

Love/Anti-Love

Posted on November 27, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides 2019 PAD November Chapbook Challenge – Day 26 “Today is our final Two-for-Tuesday prompt day. Pick one prompt for your poem today, or write a poem for each prompt, or write one poem that works with … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged ache, American Sentence form, greed, Love, stubborn, Written for Challenge | Comments Off

Favorite Son of Kim Jong Un

Posted on September 22, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #422 Words: pressed, evil, orange, tidy, saw, bone, trump, lies, hands, deny, grift, collude Denials of collusion, but his tidy hands did grift. Under orange mop, confusion reigned. Evil, lies–without wit. The Press is bone … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged civility, greed, lies, power, Wordle | 2 Comments

For All You Greedy Leaders*

Posted on August 29, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides #495 – “This week, write a “For (blank)” poem.” self-serving, climbing ’til your knuckles bleed to grab that last dollar. Power pours green though pores of your skin, yet still you sin, insidiously trying to divide … Continue reading →

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Of Tea Parties and Mad Queens

Posted on August 21, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Smoke and Mirrors (posted by Gospel Isoceles) “As we think about our own place within this complex construct of empty rhetoric and doublespeak, optical illusion and obscure motives; let us also remember most … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged greed, smoke and mirrors, stupidity, tea parties | 23 Comments

Uneven Halves

Posted on August 11, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Weekend Mini-Challenge: “Just One Word” – Halved (Imagined by Marian) Learn your math now, or you won’t know a whole from a half. http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged cake, greed, Sad, uneven | 15 Comments

Sacred Spell

Posted on August 5, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #67 Jagged piece of glass in palm of stone. Mysterious section of green landscape untouched for years. A piece of forest has been torn away. Greedy fingers try to pry it open. If they succeed in … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged doom, forest, greed, mysterious, spells, Written from Art | 12 Comments

Secrecy

Posted on January 9, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #108 – “with great secrecy” He ran his government with great secrecy and many lies. Numerous valuable jewels were hidden in the old man’s manor. By the time death took him, he could not remember where … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged disappointment, embarrassment, greed, liars, limerick, Micro-poetry, secrets | 9 Comments

King of Mendacity

Posted on August 27, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #366 Words: spoken, control, turn, term, terrible, idea, aware, span, audacity, granted, probe, deal Aware of audacity that threatens to span another term granted to a wheeler-dealer turning a country out of control, no … Continue reading →