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Seeking Space
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Micro-Poetry, “Long-Ago Rooms” Write a poem of between 1 and 12 lines, in a form of your choice. (posted by Kerry) red carpet – a room in Carmel red sunset on golden … Continue reading
Princess In Emerald
Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Treasure (posted by Sumana) One year on my birthday Dad gave me an enchanting princess doll on a stand. She wore an emerald green velvet dress. Tiny mirror dangled from her wrist. Long blonde hair … Continue reading
Dear Dad
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Meeting The Bar: Critique & Craft – “Meet the bar with a letter” (posted by Bjorn) “The form of writing a letter to someone, real or imaginary is one of the oldest forms of … Continue reading
Finding Each Other
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday – Pleasantly Surprised A friend I have not seen nor been in touch with for over eight years, came back into my life, via my poetry blog. How startling it was to … Continue reading
Any Age
Written for: Poetic Asides November 2017 Chapbook Challenge – Day 14 Two-for-Tuesday: Write a sonnet or other traditional form poem and/or write an anti-sonnet or anti-traditional form poem. I look back with nostalgia at childhood memories, wearing rose-colored glasses. Life … Continue reading
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Tagged Age, black and white, memories, Sonnet, Written for Challenge
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Remembering Childhood
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads: Micro Poetry ~ Binding With Briars (posted by Kerry) This weekend, our frame of reference is “Binding With Briars” – from the final line of the … Continue reading
Holding
Written for: The Twiglets #46 – “still holding” twenty minutes after hearing, “we will be right with you,” I am still holding. Trying to hold stillness in my heart Scent of whiskey rose from still holding moonshine. Antique memories still … Continue reading
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Tagged hold, memories, Micro-poetry
Waters of Italy
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday: water “Water comes in many forms. It can be rain or fog, it fills the lakes and makes the brooks babble. It can seem vast and endless when you watch the sea. … Continue reading
Stacking Logs
Written for: Poems of Garden Gnomes “And so, this week marks another “end of Summer”. But before we pay full homage to the Fall season, let us have one last fling – one last dance with this Summer. I ask … Continue reading
Shoe Days
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: A Closet Full of Shoes (posted by Kim) “What I would like you to do is focus on shoes: they may be in a shop window or on feet, your own or … Continue reading
