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Nature’s Gifts
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
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Tagged lake, lucky, pantoum form, penny, rainbow, swans, Written for Challenge
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Youth’s Dreams
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
Legend Has It
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/
Trickle of Water
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
“sleepy water”
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
Majesty of Howe Caverns
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Your Majesty (posted by Gospel Isosceles) “Welcome to the pub, poets! Tonight we are going to explore the majestic, and since I can’t in all honesty give the title of “majestic” (without succumbing … Continue reading
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Tagged caverns, colors, lake, majestic places, millions of years, riverbed
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Donegal
Written for: Carpe Diem #1751 Lough Derg, Donegal (Ireland) “Ireland, that beautiful small country next to the UK. Ireland is known for it’s deep mystic history … but there are also several pilgrim’s routes in Ireland. Just like in Australia, … Continue reading
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Tagged circle, Donegal pilgrimage, Haiku, lake, seclusion
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Purity of Stillness
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – “Like Starry Blossoms On A New Firmament in July” (posted by Sanaa) “Stillness. There are so many ways to describe it. Something that stretches itself to the most distant mountain-top, where footsteps … Continue reading
A Lake Of Fish
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet: Choka One of the most intricate Japanese Poetry forms is the Choka. Also referred to as a “Long Poem,” the Choka often tells a story. It does not rhyme, and offers a choice … Continue reading
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Tagged choka form, disappointment, fish, heat, lake
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Crater Lake
Written for: Carpe Diem #1560 – Crater Lake National Park, Oregon . . . “Our first stop in America is at the Crater Lake National Park. Let me tell you a little about this Crater Lake. Crater Lake inspires awe. … Continue reading