Tag Archives: lights

A Day in the Life of a City

Posted on April 17, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: April 2021 PAD Challenge – Day 16 “Write a City poem” In early rose-gold dawn of city how bare-boned and empty buildings seem on ghostlike streets, night workers only returning home before streets teem with nine-to-fivers, food vendors, … Continue reading →

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Dance, Dance, Dance

Posted on January 27, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Sunday Whirl #440 Words:  start, pump, lounge, still, crystal, lone, check, ring, blink, fix, stone, shimmer Pumping up the music under shimmering, blinking lights at the Crystal Stone Lounge. Check it out. Start of Disco Night. Rainbow rings … Continue reading →

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Guiding Lights

Posted on December 31, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  The Sunday Muse #36 Holiday lights toss colors streaking snow in magic. Barely sufficient to illumine my compass, and show me where I am going, or where I have been. http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/

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Off The Main Road

Posted on April 9, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #346 Words:  bread, growl, devil, stranger, drive, on, light, switch, off, shy, stripe, snatches In snatches of highway light, road stripes seemed to switch on and off. Still, shying away from the main road, … Continue reading →

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Floating Light Troiku

Posted on September 29, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Carpe Diem Weekend-meditation #3 on the river And here is the haiku which you have to use for this Troiku-challenge: on the river lights float to the horizon the dead rejoice © Basho on the river reflection of lighthouse … Continue reading →

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Tokyo

Posted on February 6, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1142, Honshu, the “main island” “Well our journey has started and today we will go on with our journey through the land of the rising sun. We have arrived on the airport of Tokyo on the … Continue reading →

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Winter Night

Posted on December 28, 2016 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem #1106, Symphony No. 11, The Winter by Joachim Raff a winter night white sky meets white ground, lights blaze heading for home http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.nl/

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NYC Night Lights

Posted on November 26, 2016 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  dVerse Poets, Poetics:  Night-time Panorama  (posted by Kim) The challenge is to write a poem about a city at night, using the photograph as a starting point. You can write about your own city, one you have visited … Continue reading →

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