Tag Archives: independence

Losing Yourself

Posted on June 18, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – MTB: Fall Seven Times, Stand Up Eight — Guest Host: Anna Montgomery “Gnomic poetry is the long lived and loved practice of moralizing in verse. This places gnomic poetry squarely in the wisdom literature … Continue reading →

Two Goyokha

Posted on October 6, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Writers’ Pantry #90: Why Do You Write and Share? (posted by Rosemary) “I have spent a lot of time, these few days, pondering the reasons why I write and share my words online, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged ability, Goyokha form, independence, wedding toast | 8 Comments

One Voice

Posted on April 5, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – April Poems – Day 4 Wordy Thursday with Wild Woman: Scars to Your Beautiful (posted by Sherry) Write a poem sharing whatever words and feelings this song and/or video inspires in you. … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged courage, independence, Written for Challenge, Written from song, youth | 12 Comments

The Stranger

Posted on July 3, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #306 Words: village, hole, expect, quake, stranger, edges, own, wave, stone, swallow, tribe, spit Strangers were not expected in the village. Tribal elders owned land here. They feared outsiders, midnight riders, outbreaks of disease. … Continue reading →