Tag Archives: Love

Beach Reverie

Posted on May 23, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – MTB: The Constanza (posted by Bjorn) “Today we are going to try our hand at a poetic form created by Connie Marcum Wong in 2007. This is an example of two poems in one … Continue reading →

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“sunken sky”

Posted on May 18, 2022 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged atmosphere, Haiku, light, limerick, Love, Micro-poetry | 6 Comments

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

How To Care For An Older Dog

Posted on April 14, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: April 2022 PAD Challenge Day 13 “Write a How to _______ poem.” Sad eyes gaze provide comfort a soft spot to curl up in frequent pets patience and love heedful to signs of distress https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2022-april-pad-challenge-day-13

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged attention, comfort, Love, older animal, whitney form, Written for Challenge | 1 Comment

How They Remember

Posted on April 8, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: A little repetition – anaphora (posted by sarahsouthwest) “So what is anaphora?” This is what Wikipedia says: anaphora (Greek: ἀναφορά, “carrying back”) is a rhetorical device that consists of repeating a sequence of … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged anaphora, differing views, Love, remembering | 10 Comments

Love Poem To The Beach

Posted on February 15, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #373 – For The Love Of . . . “Write a love poem. If I could, I would love to live near a beach. Smooth sand soothes me as does the hypnotic sounds of … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Beach, ease, Love, scents, Sounds | 3 Comments

Smaller, but Thankful

Posted on November 22, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings #361 – “We’re Thankful” “Now, we stand on the cusp of our Thanksgiving holiday in the States. The precursor to Christmas is almost nigh. So we are asked to write our obligatory “Thankful” poem … anything … Continue reading →

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Fall Haiku

Posted on November 8, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #359 Fall Back/Spring Ahead Choose your direction, and write it into your poem. he fell in love under autumn’s colored spell unrequited https://poeticbloomings2.wordpress.com/

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Seasons of a House

Posted on September 26, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #179 In Autumn leaves flutter, form a carpet ’round the house whose appearance shouts Winter. Slats seem faded and worn against gold blanket. When cold weather blows in, the frame will splinter. If only this house … Continue reading →