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Tag Archives: growth
Response to “Birches” by Frost
Written for: Poetic Asides Countdown to April PAD – T-minus 3 A milder March gives way to April’s indecisiveness. Budded trees may open only to close like delicate daffodils in chill wind. So sad am I to see a promising … Continue reading
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Tagged dependency, growth, Inspired by another poem, Seasons
For No Reason
Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Literacy (posted by Susan) Address the flowering of literacy~ one instance/element of how it is an entry ticket or a barrier ~ in your new poem. “Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.” ~Kofi … Continue reading
Growth
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Autumn PAD – Day 5 – CORNUCOPIA “We’ve all seen the symbol of harvest time in the cornucopia (Horn of Plenty). It is a gathering of things related in some way that marks the success … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn PAD, growth, harvest, preparation
seeds
Written for: Carpe Diem #1383 – Moses (Musa) clouds fighting a spring wind is raging through nature © Chèvrefeuille (our host) Here is my attempt: seeds of fruit trees blown by wind storms and rain, grow in another land http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.nl/
Leaves of Passage
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – The Ghazal (posted by Paul) for Meeting The Bar: Critique and Craft The ghazal is a traditional Arabian verse form with the first two lines ending in the same refrain, which is then repeated … Continue reading
Forest Renewal
Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Nature: Her Words Captivate the form Nature reveals to you: animate, inanimate. “Just living is not enough….one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.” — Hans Christian Andersen Traveling in Oregon, a sadness overcame … Continue reading
Earth-stained
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – “Soil Poetics” (posted by Bjorn) “Soil gives grain for bread, but when the weather fails we die of hunger. Soil is friend and foe. There are many synonyms for soil: mulch and compost, dirt … Continue reading
From A Seed
Written for: Carpe Diem #1120 Seed Ensure importance education free for all seeds planted early
Lapse of Words
Written for: dVerse Poet’s Pub, Even Monkeys Fall From Trees (Posted by CC) For this prompt, think of a mistake you’ve made. Think of what you learned from it or maybe how you thought it was the end of the … Continue reading
From Seed
Written for: Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads, “In A Grain of Sand” Micro poetry, no more than 10 lines. He walked throughout the land, hands spreading seeds that grew into trees–Johnny Appleseed http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/
