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“innocent as air”
Written for: The Twiglets #154 – “innocent as air” The air touches everyone, even those who are not innocent. innocent as air opinions and judgements unformed a newborn baby Do not blame unhealthy conditions on the air, for we have … Continue reading
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Tagged air, American Sentence, Haiku, health, innocence, limerick, Micro-poetry
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Food
Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~The Foods We Eat (posted by Susan) What is your Recipe for a Healthy Life? What foods do you eat (or wish you were eating)?? “There are people in the world so hungry, that God … Continue reading
A September Morning
Written for: Wednesday Muse #9 (posted by Toni) “I am making this short and sweet: write about an anniversary or several in one poem. Let’s try our best to make this true poetry instead of prose broken into lines. Fireblossom … Continue reading
The Temptation of Animals
Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Temptation (posted by Sumana) “Desiring something wrong or unwise is Temptation. But isn’t it something extremely interesting and delightful once in a while? And powerful? How do you deal with it? Do you give in? … Continue reading
Not Stronger in Number
Written for: The Sunday Muse #41 I do not come in a pair. Put me in a bottle, no cork. I will vine out in branches, silhouette your wall. Those pears placed at my base, although two, are not able … Continue reading
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Tagged bottle, health, pears, still-life, strength, vine, Written from Art
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‘rites of yoga’
Written for: Carpe Diem #1206 Yoga (especially Tibetan 5 rites Yoga) regaining youth through the Tibetan rites secrets reveiled © Chèvrefeuille (our host) Here is my attempt: stretching limbs pushing boundaries of movement loosens body and mind http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/ … Continue reading
To Pill Or Not To Pill
Written for: Poetic Asides November 2016 Chapbook Challenge – Day 21 Write a thinking out loud poem. How many more days do I have to suffer with these pills? My stomach is objecting with rawness and pain. What is the … Continue reading
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Tagged health, medicine, shadorma, Written for Challenge
Ode To My Strength And Balance Instructor
Written for: Poetic Asides April 2016 Challenge – Day 25 Write an exercise poem, e.g. specific exercise, incorporating exercise into the poem, or dedicated to a piece of exercise equipment. You warm us up, get blood flowing with energy and … Continue reading
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Tagged exercise, health, ode, Written for Challenge
River Lives
Written for: Poets United Mid-week Motif~River Today I would like you to be inspired by Rivers and write your lines. Up the river is a prison where inmates dream of floating along– some swimming, some rafting, some on a riverboat … Continue reading
New Year Flower
Written for: Carpe Diem #653, Yuzuriha Yuzuriha is a plant with long broaded evergreen leaves and it was very common in ancient Japan to use it as an ornament for New Year to celebrate the good relationship of old and new … Continue reading
