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Bourbon On The Rocks
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #505 Words: game, shock, overshadowed, wicked, rock, fleeting, sounds, stick, glass, sugar, hand, shots Could use a shot of bourbon on the rocks in a thick cut glass. Hand me one, sugar, would you? … Continue reading
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Tagged bourbon, Life, street sounds, Wordle
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Restrictions
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #30: Writing as a metaphor for living. (posted by Magaly) How have you and your muse been spending your days? My muse and I have been reading and revising and such… hence … Continue reading
Why Am I Here?
Written for: Poetics Aside April 2020 PAD Challenge – DAY 13 Write a purpose poem. We forever ask, why am I here? Ponder it some, then feel a tear begin to fall. You do not know, yet you fear. Maybe … Continue reading
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Tagged Fears, Life, Thoughts, Trintina form, why, Written for Challenge
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Patches of a Quilt
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 #279 – Finding Out About Yourself As we continue on down life’s trail, we reach further into the unknown. We do not know what will happen, or when, or how. We do know the here. We … Continue reading
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Tagged journey, knowledge of yourself, Life, Mom and Dad
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My Future
Written for: Poetics Aside #504 – “Write a tomorrow poem.” My future is all tomorrows passing in the blink of an eye May they not be filled with sorrows My future is all tomorrows with no days that I can … Continue reading
Flutterings
Written for: Wednesday Muse: Butterflies! “The butterfly counts not months but moments and has time enough.” Rabindranath Tradore Each butterfly is an exquisite work of art–spotted, stained glass, soft white, or sea-blue edged in black. They provide joy in their … Continue reading
A Stranger
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetry Form: Dizian (guest host: Rosemary) 10 line stanza, 10 syllables each line ababbccdcd I do not know her, but look at her face. Under a flowery umbrella she stands in line, awaits bus … Continue reading
Sail Your Own Ship
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #378 Words: news sail, sting, cheer, regret, binge, flow, fringe, free, drift, stream, ease On the fringe of bingeing on food? No regrets. Take cheer in knowing you can start new tomorrow. Sail your … Continue reading
a thick slice
Written for: The Twiglets #71 – “a thick slice” she needs a thick slice of life A thick slice of brisket is a sin A man said his only vice was eating meat thickly sliced His wife scoffed, you think … Continue reading
Simple Life
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads (posted by Marian) “Alice Cooper is now 70 years old and I hope he keeps playing and performing until he’s 80. Or longer! He puts on such an incredible show, I mean wow, … Continue reading
