Tag Archives: lake

“the weight of water”

Posted on January 26, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #309 – the weight of water You cannot measure the weight of my tears. Floating in the pool, weightless she watches stillness of blue-black glass curtain of lake water A man lifting weights at poolside showed … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged floating, Haiku, lake, limerick, Micro-poetry, tears, weights | 5 Comments

Busy Day At Lake

Posted on April 22, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: April 2022 PAD Challenge – Day 21 “Write a sound poem.” Turtle watches from his rock Flutter, flick of wings in lake. Honk! Honk! Geese gather. They see mound of torn bread. Webbed feet flap towards food. Quack1 … Continue reading →

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Restored

Posted on February 10, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Pounding the Pentameter! (posted by Ingrid) “As with dance, so with poetry: the underlying rhythm is a heartbeat which, if done seamlessly, should flow without feeling mechanical or stilted. So, this week, I challenge … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged birds, February, lake, Sonnet, walk | 12 Comments

Lake vs. Beach

Posted on August 31, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Donna Matthews triolet form challenge Triolet Poetry 8-line poem Eight syllables each line The rhyme pattern looks like this: ABaAabAB – A and B are refrains Lakes are calm and fun to swim … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Beach, heart, lake, triolet form | 4 Comments

Willow

Posted on April 1, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #63: Trees (posted by Rommy) “Use the word “tree” as a seed for your word art.” Why does this tree weep? All the sorrows in the world seem to have gathered on … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged burden, inspired by a word, lake, reflection, willow tree | 17 Comments

Nature’s Gifts

Posted on November 14, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetics Aside PAD November 2020 Challenge – Day 13 “For today’s prompt, write a luck poem. Good luck, bad luck, a mixed bag. You decide and then write it.” Lucky penny, heads up reflected in the sun. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged lake, lucky, pantoum form, penny, rainbow, swans, Written for Challenge | 2 Comments

Youth’s Dreams

Posted on September 29, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Boomings2 – Prompt #305 – Summer Leaves? “When Summer leaves, Autumn comes rushing in. But, no one ever sings about Summer Leaves. So today I’ve listed part of the lyrics for Autumn Leaves. Use a phrase, word … Continue reading →

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Legend Has It

Posted on September 16, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt by Devereaux and Beth – “sapphire stardust” Legend has it that each time the lake sparkles sapphire blue under a full moon, lovers are sprinkled with stardust. https://godoggocafe.com/

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged lake, legend, lovers, written from words | 3 Comments

Trickle of Water

Posted on August 25, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #300 It Still Starts With A Seed Small stream bubbles over rocks and stones– peaceful movement. Water stirs and wakes picking up steam, merging into a long lake. Lazily, lake lounges and flows, reaching … Continue reading →

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“sleepy water”

Posted on August 5, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #188 – “sleepy water” drip drop d r i p d r o p the lake lay heavy like murky mud, sans moonlight still, sleepy jump in that empty aqua pool wake … Continue reading →