Tag Archives: loss

My One True Thing

Posted on January 29, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Muse #244 Not budging. There is nothing familiar around me anymore. You have taken it all, sold it all. No matter where we have to live, I must have this piano with me. If you take … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged loss, piano, Written from Art, young girl | 10 Comments

The Hard Work of Adapting to Losses

Posted on November 8, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: November 2022 PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 7 “Day 7 asks poets to adapt. Write an adaptation poem.” Marion was with us, from eight weeks to fifteen years. She left us in April. Dear family member–gone. Marion was … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged emptiness, loss, pain, pantoum form, sorrow, Written for Challenge | 2 Comments

Discarded Bloom

Posted on June 5, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #213 Her beauty was too fragile for this world. At first, tightly curled inward, then a delicate opening of her heart. She would give her all, to anyone who cared. Bared her soul, but was tossed … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged beauty, fragile, harsh, loss | 19 Comments

A Countdown To Easing Grief

Posted on May 9, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #385 The Final Countdown “Write of the anticipated something in your life in a countdown to that momentous occasion. That’s the theme, but you can word it however you wish to convey your thoughts. … Continue reading →

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loss

Posted on April 30, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: April 2022 PAD Challenge – Day 30 “Write a moving on poem.” blue is loss of my heart. How do I move past? https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2022-april-pad-challenge-day-30

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged broken, elfchen form, loss, pain, Written for Challenge | Comments Off

The Last Pet Companion

Posted on April 29, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: April 2022 PAD Challenge – Day 29 You are my darling boy, issues throughout your life. Now your frame appears skeletal It’s time https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2022-april-pad-challenge-day-29

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged cinquain form, companion, loss, Love, Written for Challenge | 4 Comments

Draped in Sadness

Posted on April 21, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #382 “The End of a Hard Week” Sadness lingers, drapes over me like a black cape. No escape from reminders–little items around my house that belonged to my precious dog, Marion. My other dog … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged dogs, family, heartbreak, loss | 7 Comments

Losses

Posted on February 2, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Write a poem where you begin and end with the same word.” Lost many good people this year. Some we knew others, not. Many causes, … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged guns, loss, shadorma form, violence | 5 Comments

They Bring Us Joy

Posted on October 15, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Miz Quickly – Day 14 “Today we do return to our five-line stanza. Maybe later a longer poem. Today: Some sort of plant (single or collective) OR animal OR a parent and child OR a pair of lovers—observed … Continue reading →

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Lost On A Sunday

Posted on October 5, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #354 – Edward Hopper “It seems the paintings and works of artist Edward Hopper are great fodder to inspire other artists in their endeavors. We as poets have come across this from time to … Continue reading →