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“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
About Maya Angelou
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub (posted by Laura Bloomsbury) Poetics: Poems To A Poet “Select ONE of our favourite poets (a celebrated or a lesser known one) and write a poem either About them (the indirect voice, as exemplified in … Continue reading
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Living In Between
Written for: Sunday Muse #156 He wears camera lenses with filters to change ranges of light. Living mostly in darkness, his hands are inky fingers, his black, bushy mustache grows unruly. He has a choice to make. http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/
Your Life
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #323 Playing Favorites #6 ‘“Playing Favorites” is as simple as choosing a favorite poet/poem (world famous or just famous in our own little garden) and picking a line or title of one of their … Continue reading
Turning Corner
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 #319 – “It’s A Launch” “We’re heading in the right direction starting today. Some will say nothing has changed except the calendar year, but that’s a matter of attitude and perspective. Let’s take a positive step … Continue reading
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