Tag Archives: innocence

Locked Up

Posted on August 11, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Monday Quadrille #133 (posted by msjadeli) – “Stand” “Your challenge today, if you choose to accept it, is to use stand or any word that includes stand in it to write a quadrille. Describe … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged innocence, prison, quadrille, years | 5 Comments

The Boy Who Came Home A Soldier

Posted on April 11, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides April 2020 PAD Challenge – Day 10 For today’s prompt, take the phrase “The (blank) Who (blank),” replace the blanks with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, … Continue reading →

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“innocent as air”

Posted on November 28, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #154 – “innocent as air” The air touches everyone, even those who are not innocent. innocent as air opinions and judgements unformed a newborn baby Do not blame unhealthy conditions on the air, for we have … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged air, American Sentence, Haiku, health, innocence, limerick, Micro-poetry | 4 Comments

Working With Granite

Posted on October 6, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #424 Words: line, heat, year, safe, oil, finish, granite, single, scratch, discount, ship, seared Granite was discounted, and safely shipped. A flawless piece without a single scratch. This prompted further orders from the pleased manufacturer. One year passed. … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged granite, innocence, mob, police, Wordle | 4 Comments

Wrong(ed) Man

Posted on August 1, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetics Aside #447 Write a release poem. Staunchly, he proclaimed his innocence from a cell for twenty-five years. Evidence pointed toward guilt until his case came up for review in light of DNA– not a match. At last … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged free, innocence, nonet, prison, years | 2 Comments

Uncomplicated Years

Posted on February 23, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Nostalgia The word “nostalgia” comes from two Greek roots, nostos meaning ‘return home’ and algia ‘longing’. However neither poetry nor politics birthed the term, rather it came from ‘medicine’. In the seventeenth century nostalgia was … Continue reading →