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Is There Some Recognition?
Written for: Poetic Asides #642 – Love Poem “For this week’s prompt, write a love poem. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, romantic love poems make a lot of sense, and yes, feel encouraged to write those if you … Continue reading
A Tough Lady
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Posted by Mish “Write a poem about a loved one you have lost.” I still hear that infectious laugh echo in my ear. Kind, generous, … Continue reading
A Life Shared With Animals
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt 408 “I Wish I Had Written That” “How many times have I said, “I wish I’d written that!” Countless for sure. This week, use a line or two (or more) from a poem you … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, life and death, memories, written from a quote by another poet
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Distance of Blackbirds
Written for: Sunday Muse #215 Once you meant something to me. Now I must let you go, stop the burning in my heart. Start a fire of my own with all those possessions of yours I have kept. No more. … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, distance, fires, memories, possessions, Written from Art
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We Are Six Years Apart
Written for: April 2022 PAD Challenge – Day 18 “Write a We ( ) poem.” We are six years apart. Ever closer we draw, with time, reliving childhood, and each fresh start. Parents gone, like silenced wind chimes. Still we … Continue reading
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Tagged Harrisham Rhyme form, memories, sense of humor, sisters, Written for Challenge
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A Glass Reminder
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Today’s prompt: Write about an inanimate object in your home that you can’t do without, but don’t name it.” Formed of thick glass, I keep … Continue reading
Frayed
Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #519 Words: streaming, free, line, fray, try, nothing, sharp, sheen, rights, daily Her life frays like hem of old jeans. Sharp losses suffered daily. A line is drawn in the sand. One side streams with … Continue reading
In The Zephyrs of Spring
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe Tuesday Writing Prompt: “whisper through me” (posted by Devereaux and Beth) As the zephyrs of Spring tickle my neck and tease my arms, I sense a bee-buzz of anticipation around my head like a … Continue reading
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Tagged breath, memories, Spring, whisper, written from words
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Starting Again
Written for: Carpe Diem #1846 Trying to restart again “For this episode I have chosen the title “Trying To Restart Again” and I really hope it will be that way. Restarting is something we all know or have had experiences … Continue reading
Snippets
Written for: One Woman’s Quest II VJ’s Weekly Challenge “Life is full of colourful moments, each of them stories unto themselves. We capture them in photographs, or as snippets of memory, randomly recalled. Pieces of our unfinished puzzle. This week, … Continue reading