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When Touched By Dreams
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2, Prompt #424 – Hey, That’s My Line! #6 “Today we return to one of our favorite exercises: Take a line from someone else’s poem posted at Poetic Bloomings and, for the moment, make it your own. … Continue reading
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Tagged ages, dreaming, happy, Inspired by another poem, nightmare
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Sensation
Written for: Sunday Muse #193 No better sensation than playing music with my buddies. Studied with them by watching and picking up that bongo rhythm in my fingers. I linger with them, enjoying my time off the movie set. What … Continue reading
haibun for December’s end
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe Haibun Wednesday Two people in my life have died in December. My aunt was in the midst of gift shopping. My friend had a rare form of cancer. I always found this season to … Continue reading
Eyes Open Wide
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #82: “War is over! If you want it” (Posted by Magaly) Write a poem using the quote as inspiration. Life can be a joy if you notice small things– a pond filled … Continue reading
A Dream Instead
Written for Go Do Go Cafe Donna Matthews Challenge: Rondel form “The Rondel consists of 13 lines in 3 stanzas Rhyme scheme: ABba/abAB/abbaA (uppercase letters are refrains) Usually 8 syllables per line” Last night, asleep, a vivid dream rolled in, … Continue reading
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Tagged aura, dream, happy, moon, Rondelay form, vividness
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How To Happify A Dog
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – “In need of a happiness project?” (posted by Lillian for the Monday Quadrille) “So how about sitting down and creating a little happiness project of our own? You’ve got it: the word for our … Continue reading
Small Stuff
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #290 – “Small Isn’t Small After All” Write about little things that have a big impact. Hugs are temporarily forbidden, but smiles are nice to see. A pollinating bee, busy at work. Scent of … Continue reading
Memorial in Washington, D.C.
“Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday: Memorial (posted by Frank T.) Write a haibun that alludes to the concept of memorial in some way.” On our trip were two ex-soldiers, my father in World War II, and my … Continue reading
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Tagged family, Haibun, happy, soldiers, trip, Washington D.C. Memorial
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Opera of Orange
Written for: PoeticBloomings2 – Prompt #217 – “Oh How The Mighty Have Fallen” “As the saying goes, “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.” Another states, “It’s not how far you fall, it’s how high you bounce back.” Today, … Continue reading