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The Seder

Posted on March 29, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings 2 – Prompt #331, I Didn’t Sign Up For This . . . All the family I took for granted always sat at this long table on the first night of Passover. Most of them are … Continue reading →

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The Old Cabin Home

Posted on November 23, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #483 Words: wind, home, gratitude, tender, frill, feed, flow, silver, mince, road, finger, family Wind slipped through fingernail cracks in the old family cabin home. Difficult to find the dirt road if you are unfamiliar … Continue reading →

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day after

Posted on February 23, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1812 The Day After Valentine’s Day … “This haiku is about Valentine’s day or more the day after. As you maybe know Saint Valentine’s Day is on February 14th and is a holiday in almost the … Continue reading →

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Cruising

Posted on February 20, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1811 Valentine’s Day … “Saint Valentine’s Day, commonly shortened to Valentine’s Day, is a holiday observed on February 14 honoring one or more early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine. It was first established by Pope Gelasius … Continue reading →

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The Humiliated Bird

Posted on March 17, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  The Muse #47 Ah, here we go again.  Another St. Patrick’s Day, and I am made to look the fool. Painted up all green like that foolish gecko. It is simply not my color. She’s looking out the … Continue reading →

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Case of the Passover Cake

Posted on April 5, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poetic Asides 2018 April PAD Challenge – Day 4 Case ________ Why did I scribble yummy on this recipe? Must have tasted fine in a previous year– almonds, butter, chocolate, eggs–no flour. As a pudding it barely passed … Continue reading →

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Valentine Song

Posted on February 14, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads:  Tuesday Platform – Sharing Poems (posted by Sanaa) Greetings to all poets, wayfarers and friends. February has long been a month of romance and is associated with Valentine’s Day celebrations. The origin of … Continue reading →

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ease

Posted on December 29, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2017 #7 Christmas stress (meditation) New Year’s Eve the sound of fireworks resonates against the snow after the fireworks the rustling of bare branches nothing has changed © Chèvrefeuille (our host) Here is … Continue reading →

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presents

Posted on December 29, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2017 #6 – Christmas presents small Christmas tree a gift of beauty, perfumes home will replant http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.nl/

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package

Posted on December 25, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2017 #3 white christmas snowflakes fall the world becomes a wonderland I wake up © Chèvrefeuille (our host) “In this haiku, one from my archive, you can read that I awoke from a … Continue reading →

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