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Cereal Breakdowns
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Writers’ Pantry #43: Sunday Morning Cereal (posted by Rommy) “Hello, Word Artists and Admirers! It may be something in the weather (or just the crazy that is 2020) but I’ve been finding myself reaching … Continue reading
Keeping Hope
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United – Writers’ Pantry #29: “Never Lose That Sense Of Hope” (posted by Magaly) When depression raises its dark gray face there is that temptation to allow oneself to be swallowed up in the whorl. … Continue reading
Humor
Written for: Poetic Asides April 2020 PD – Day 30 Write a praise poem A sense of humor is vital, better than sitting idle. Remember, in blackest mood the name ‘pickle’ denotes a funny food. When I think of a … Continue reading
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Tagged creations, Horatian Ode, humor, Written for Challenge
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Hole In My Life
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: On Profiles and Portraits (posted by Anmol) “This week, I am exhorting you all to write/create a profile/portrait in your verse. You can go about it in a variety of ways — you … Continue reading
Funnies
Written for: Wednesday Muse #11 – “I Love To Laugh!” (posted by Toni) “Hi Musers! What makes you laugh? Not necessarily give you joy but what makes you laugh? It is the antics of your pupper or cat? Something your … Continue reading
Movie
Written for: Poetic Asides 2019 April PAD Challenge – Day 21 “For today’s prompt, write a sketch poem. My initial thought is to write a poem that’s like a sketch of a moment or an object. But you can play … Continue reading
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Tagged doduitsu form, humor, movie, sketch, Written for Challenge
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Are We Compatible?
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Chaucerian Stanza or Rhyme Royal Posted by Frank Hubeny in Meeting the Bar: Critique and Craft The form consists of seven metrical lines with the rhyme pattern ababbcc. A metrical line has a pattern … Continue reading
Kite
Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Rising Above “I read in an article that circumstances, according to scientists are only 10% contributors to happiness and the rest is done by ‘our genes, our behavior and our intentional activities’. This may be … Continue reading
Fearfully Treading
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #37 – “Be Not Afraid” Welcome, then, to dVerse Quadrille #37. In case you haven’t figured it out, I would like you to take the word FEAR and use it in a poem … Continue reading
I Want To Laugh
Written for: Poetic Asides November 2016 Chapbook Challenge-Day 28 For today’s prompt, take the phrase “I Want (blank),” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then write the poem. … Continue reading
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Tagged humor, Kyrielle form, laughter, Written for Challenge
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