Tag Archives: imagination

Sources That Speak

Posted on May 1, 2019 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – The Tuesday Platform: “The Frontier of Writing”  (posted by Anmol) Write a poem in praise of a source of inspiration — your muse, your life, your own web of thoughts, your dreams … Continue reading →

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Forms of Recycle

Posted on April 26, 2019 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – April Poems – Day 26 “Reboot, Rewind, Recycle, Rebirth”  (posted by Outlawyer) And take a deep breath. (If you have been doing a poem a day in April, take several! ) The … Continue reading →

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Punctuality

Posted on April 23, 2019 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – April Poems – Day 22 “Beware of Poor Substitutions!”   (posted by Fireblossom) Your assignment is to choose one of the images provided–taken from my Word Garden blog–and write your own poem about … Continue reading →

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Dear Alice

Posted on April 23, 2019 by

Written for:  Poetic Asides 2019 April PAD Challenge – Day 22 “For today’s prompt, write a correspondence poem. Maybe write a poem that would fit on a postcard or in a letter. Or write a poem about correspondence school. Or … Continue reading →

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Poetry as Solitary Seed

Posted on April 17, 2019 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – The Tuesday Platform: “You Are A Poet!”  (posted by Anmol) “Write a poem titled, “Poetry as…,” perhaps in the style of Ferlinghetti who speaks of poetry as an insurgent art while exhorting … Continue reading →

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Choose Your Own Fantasy

Posted on April 13, 2019 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – April Poems – Day 12 Fireblossom Friday:  Love “What can I say about Love? Poems have been written about every kind of love, and every emotion connected with it, from the giddy … Continue reading →

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Poets are Dreamers

Posted on April 4, 2019 by

Written for:  Poets United Midweek Motif~Writing Poetry (Posted by Susan) “Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.” ― Aristotle “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes … Continue reading →

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When Everything Stopped

Posted on March 21, 2019 by

Written for:  https://helenevaillant.com The end had gone on so long. Everything stopped exactly when the clock bonged twelve times, midnight on Sunday. Construction halted, buildings halfway up abruptly ceased. Most faulted the government. Jacob wandered here and there. Food was … Continue reading →

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Some Homographs

Posted on March 17, 2019 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Weekend Mini-Challenge:  Homographic Fun  (posted by Magaly) Today, I invite you to play with homographs, or words which share the same spelling but have rather different meanings. Yes, I’m referring to words … Continue reading →

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What I See

Posted on February 25, 2019 by

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #236 – Motivation:  “Creativity” Express or redefine what is and what can be. Creativity helps us grow in our thoughts and deeds. What is and what can be! Tell us of creativity in your … Continue reading →

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