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You Are A Beam of Light In The Darkness
Written for: Poetics Aside 2023 April PAD Challenge – Day 28 “Write a You Are (blank) poem.” When my voice is ragged, nerves on edge, your calmness aids my speeding heart. In softly spoken words you hedge the demons that … Continue reading
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Tagged calm, friend, light, terza rima form, Written for Challenge
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High, Light, Highlight
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – MTB: Three-way Split *Syszgy (posted by Laura Bloomsbury) *”It is derived from Late Latin syzygia, from Greek syzygia “yoke of animals, pair, union of two, conjunction”. “Compound words – when two (or more) words … Continue reading
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Tagged body heat, compound words, Falls, high, highlight, lamp post, light
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Written for: Poetic Asides #635 “Write a winter poem.” lingering light gone in a blink before darkness winter solstice https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/wednesday-poetry-prompts-635
Lull Before Lunette
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #572 Words: between, moon, broken, nothing, throw, time, space, shadow, give, lull, rising, mute Lull in time, and space between the shadowy sky, and rising moon, yielding nothing but a mere lunette like a … Continue reading
“sunken sky”
Written for: The Twiglets #279 – sunken sky Steely gray clouds appear to shrink the sky. How pleasant it would be to have a sunken living room ceilinged by a sky light. cheeks sunken a jaundiced pallor on skin imprisoned … Continue reading
A Year Swept Away
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #367, Old or New “Write an “open door” poem or “closed door” poem.” Closed doors and closed rooms are best swept out with brooms to dismantle cobwebs, dust, and any troubled spirits who must … Continue reading
Light In Her Eyes
Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #526 Words: glasses, eyes, tap, secret, years, paint, meeting, sample, alone, words, light, blink Her green eyes were effulgent as glass orbs. No other family member possessed them. In meeting her, people were drawn to … Continue reading
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Tagged alone, color, eyes, light, remembrances
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Hues of Shadows
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Use the phrase or theme, ‘shadows of our past’ in any form of writing.” Our past hangs in Shadows follow us Some are dark spirits … Continue reading
“breaks light”
Written for: The Twiglets #244 – “breaks light” waiting for light to break through darkness When lightbulb crashed to the floor, it’s tiny pieces formed a mosaic. Hard to clean up without a light. light breaks across branches of maples … Continue reading
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Tagged breakage, Haiku, lamp, light, limerick, Micro-poetry, plant
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Battles Within
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Quatern (posted by Donna Matthews) This poem has 16 lines broken up into 4 quatrains (or 4-line stanzas). Each line is comprised of eight syllables. The first line is the refrain. In the … Continue reading
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