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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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Steeped

Posted on January 29, 2019 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #72  (posted by Mish)  “steep” “I was thinking about the many versatile words previously offered up for our Quadrille challenges. We’ve crunched it, curled it, boxed it, rocked it, muddled and drizzled it, … Continue reading →

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Beach Love

Posted on January 26, 2019 by

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet:  Villonette “A Villonnet is a hybrid of the Villanelle and the Sonnet. It has the Iambic Pentameter of both, but holds the four-stanza/line structure of the sonnet, while utilizing the two-line rhyme nature … Continue reading →

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Chilled Notes

Posted on January 14, 2019 by

Written for:  The Sunday Muse #38 I send chilled notes to you, so far away on another galaxy. My hair is graying. Cold never changes. Come home to me, and bring back the warmth. http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/

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Cold Ashes

Posted on January 6, 2019 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Get Listed:  January Edition “Choose any 3 words that fit best with mood/theme/personality of your poem on a topic of your choice:” carnation               slightly      … Continue reading →

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Love Later in Life

Posted on December 7, 2018 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Meeting The Bar:  “Repetitive Forms”  (posted by Jilly) Your challenge, my fellow poets, is to write a Form Poem that makes use of Repetitive Lines. There are many poetic forms that use repetitive lines … Continue reading →

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Leave It In My Hands

Posted on November 30, 2018 by

Written for:  Poetics Aside 2018 November PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 29 “For today’s prompt, write a remix poem. That is, take one of your poems from earlier in the month and remix it. If it was originally free verse, … Continue reading →

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