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Tiny Tears
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe (posted by Devereaux and Beth) Prompt: “raindrops of my heart” tiny years of grey a monochromatic pool raindrops of my heart https://godoggocafe.com/
Finding Space
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #52: Something About Mary (posted by Rosemary) “One of the things I did in the break was lots and lots of reading. And one of the things I read, cover to cover, … Continue reading
Sobbing In The Moonlight
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Stepping Off The Sidewalk (posted by Laura Bloomsbury) “There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white…” Shel Silverstein “For this … Continue reading
Frank N. Stein
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #308 “Where Have You Gone, Lon Chaney? “We’re creeping (great word for the time) toward All Hallow’s Eve and the marathon of spooky monster movies on television. Names like Karloff, Legosi, Cushing, Lee have … Continue reading
Glowing Hearts
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #271 – Grown-Up Christmas List “When we were children we wrote out our Christmas Wish List. Now as we’ve gotten older, Natalie Cole’s rendition of “Grown-Up Christmas List” comes to mind. What rises to … Continue reading
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Old Oak of Dreams
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Prosery: Meet Jane Kenyon (posted by Victoria) “Write a flash fiction story in prose of 144 words or less. The story must include the following phrase from Jane Kenyon’s book, Taking Down The Tree: … Continue reading
“you look older”
Written for: The Twiglets #137 – “you look older” You look older than my Uncle Ted and he’s dead. Who says you look older? Oh, the mirror. As a teen she colored her hair to look older. As an adult … Continue reading
Closed Chambers
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #404 Words: walking, soft, song, trials, heart, back, hope, booth, gate, cement, surprise, mercy Trials of the heart deserve mercy. Once a soft song of hope filled the chambers, but strangers left the gate … Continue reading
heart open
Written for: Carpe Diem #1578 Amaryllis (modern kigo) “This month we will explore the seasonwords (kigo) for winter. A kigo is a word that indicates the season in which the haiku scene was seen. This month I will try to … Continue reading
A Quickening
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #64 – Quick!Write something! (posted by De) Today, I want you to pen a poem of exactly 44 words (not including the title), using some form of the word quick as one of … Continue reading
