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The Death of a Nation’s Children

Posted on April 17, 2023 by purplepeninportland

written for: Poetic Asides 2023 April PAD Challenge – Day 16 ”Write a “The (blank) of a (Blank) poem.” Zephyrs of spring fill the air with promise. Buds open, cherry blossom trees bloom in clusters like sweet pink candy. Spring … Continue reading →

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Losses

Posted on February 2, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Write a poem where you begin and end with the same word.” Lost many good people this year. Some we knew others, not. Many causes, … Continue reading →

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Magazine Mishap

Posted on April 20, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub-Quadrille #126 ‘Come “bother” up a poem. (Posted by whimsygizmo) To: U.B. Thick Gun Magazine If you had bothered to read my email– letter following–of April 1, 2021, you would know that I have no interest … Continue reading →

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Landai

Posted on December 10, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Write a Landay (or a series of Landai) – (posted by Sanaa) “Landay” is a traditional Afghan form which consists of a single couplet. There are nine syllables in the first line … Continue reading →

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Keep On

Posted on February 24, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Hedgewitch Flash 55 Blog Get out there kids, put a lid on the NRA, say, no more war in our schools, no more pools of blood where young lives are cut short. Abort racism, bullying, sexual harassment, classism, … Continue reading →

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Another School

Posted on October 6, 2016 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides #370 – Write an evacuation poem. Today’s prompt is inspired by Hurricane Matthew churning through the Bahamas and toward the United States, but there are any number of reasons for people to evacuate. And myriad possible … Continue reading →