Tag Archives: Love

Choose Your Own Fantasy

Posted on April 13, 2019 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – April Poems – Day 12 Fireblossom Friday:  Love “What can I say about Love? Poems have been written about every kind of love, and every emotion connected with it, from the giddy … Continue reading →

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Sadness

Posted on April 10, 2019 by

Written for:  Poetic Asides 2019 April PAD Challenge – Day 9 (Two-for-Tuesday) Write a love poem and/or anti-love poem Love You are gone, still unreal to me. I look at your photos– wide smile greets me in each one. Wish … Continue reading →

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Sugared Strawberries

Posted on March 29, 2019 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Get Listed:  Late March Edition (posted by Sanaa) Greetings poets, wayfarers and friends. As we bid farewell to the month of March I am reminded of poems by Algernon who was one … Continue reading →

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Moving is Traumatic

Posted on March 18, 2019 by

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #239 – Motivation:  Nurture “grow and develop through encouragement” “Write a nurturing poem, or of a moment that had contributed to your growth.” When I returned to New York after eight years of living in … Continue reading →

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Do Not Waste Time

Posted on March 6, 2019 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics:  Turn! Turn! Turn!  (posted by Lillian) “For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to … Continue reading →

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Amber Moon

Posted on February 28, 2019 by

Written for:  Poetics Aside – Prompt #473 Use at least 3 of 6 words:  colossal, flat, husky, muse, scheme, transfer Colossal amber moon emanates an amorous aura, suggesting depth rather than flatness. A pure white husky howls. Owls are amused. … Continue reading →

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widening

Posted on February 17, 2019 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1603 Tan Renga Challenge Month 2019 (7) phoenix “I have chosen a haiku created by Dolores of Ada’s Poetry Alcove. She wrote this haiku in response on the “rebirth” of our Time Glass feature last week.” … Continue reading →

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Owner Of Dogs, Barks

Posted on February 16, 2019 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – “Shortcake, Waffles, Berries, and Cream . . . Feburary!  (posted by Sanaa) “Joseph O Legaspi is a poet born in the Philippines. When he was only twelve, his family immigrated to Los … Continue reading →

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Unlike Minded

Posted on February 11, 2019 by

Written for:  The Sunday Muse #42 While vivid color and appearance is similar, minds and hearts are not. One mind races with plots and bloody hand -prints to the apex–dominant, dictator, conqueror–with shrunken heart. The other mind clearly sees people … Continue reading →

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Experience or Wish?

Posted on February 2, 2019 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Poetry Forms:  “The Rubaiyat”  (posted by Frank) Basic Structure A single ruba’i is a quatrain, a poem of four lines. If there is a collection of more than one quatrain, it is called a … Continue reading →

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