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Tag Archives: Love
They Call It Love
Written for: April 2021 PAD – Day 20 “Write a love and/or anti-love poem.” this idea of love their eyes fixed on each other heartbeats like bass drum tune often heard together now they have a secret song https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-april-pad-challenge-day-20
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Tagged beginning, Love, song, tanka, Written for Challenge
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Get A Dog
Written for: April 2021 PAD Challenge – Day 10 “Write a Get ( ) poem.” A friend to lick your face with love, who knows when you are feeling down. A he or she to take care of. Adopt me … Continue reading
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Tagged dogs, Horatian Ode, joy, Love, Written for Challenge
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Best Friends Always
Written for: Poets and Storyteller United Weekly Scribblings #64: Beloved Companions “Write about your non-human beloved companions.” You can do no wrong in their eyes they love you. Pets are loyal and protective; do the same for them. https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/
Stages and Ages
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub (posted by Peter) Meeting The Bar: Coming full circle “Circles appear in nature: birth-death-rebirth; seed-plant-fruit-seed; day-night-day. Botanical, seasonal and astronomical, circles are everywhere (though if you look closer you’ll find change, a planet wobbles in … Continue reading
From Jane Doe to John Smith
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub Exploring the poetic genre: “Verse Epistle” (posted by Sanaa) “The Verse Epistle is simple to define – it is no more than a letter in verse form but its flexibility makes it difficult to encapsulate. … Continue reading
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Tagged fear, girlfriend, Love, sanity, soldier, Verse Epistle
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Love Blind in Dance
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #57: Let Us Write (together) (posted by Magaly) “For today’s prompt, I’m sharing three of my blackout poems and inviting you to write new prose or poetry which uses one (or all … Continue reading
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Tagged blacked out poetry, Dance, flower, inspired by another poet, Love, monster
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Hug-less
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #121 Let’s Embrace (posted by Merrill) “In this time of global pandemic, most of us are not hugging people who are not in our bubble, and most of us are not going out … Continue reading
Love Behind The Armor
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #55 – “What You Resist You Become” “Write about turning into one of your parents or about resisting such a fate.” (posted by Rosemary) Mom was intelligent, attractive, and funny. Yet, to … Continue reading
Basket Dog
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub, Poetics: Object Poems (posted by Mish) “You may be familiar with “object poems” where an inanimate item is the subject of the poem. These poems can center around an every day object, such as a … Continue reading
