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Thinking of You
Written for: Prompt by Donna Matthews of Go Dog Go Cafe Rimas Dissolutas form “Popular with 12th and 13th-century French poets, rimas dissolutas is a poem that rhymes and doesn’t rhyme. For instance, each stanza contains no end rhymes, but … Continue reading
Abrupt Disappearance
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Write a poem about an empty house. Use the words, ‘brisk’ and ‘solo'” Solo, lost in billows of white snow, he knows he cannot walk … Continue reading
Missing
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Writers’ Pantry #59: Love and Loss (posted by Magaly) “If you have ever lost someone, you know just how true Dessen’s words are. Grief, like love, is forever—it dulls, it grows, it changes… but … Continue reading
Moving
Written for: Poetic Asides #515 – Write a hard times poem. Moving across the country, doubts clouding my head, is it right? Leaving best friends and family, moving across the country. Each afraid to admit defeat. Our hearts ached, we … Continue reading
Admiration
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday – “Insects” (posted by Kim) “I’m fascinated with insects. We’ve had some large spiders in our house recently and I’ve noticed cobwebs appearing outside. Over the summer, I’ve watched dragonflies and butterflies, … Continue reading
A September Morning
Written for: Wednesday Muse #9 (posted by Toni) “I am making this short and sweet: write about an anniversary or several in one poem. Let’s try our best to make this true poetry instead of prose broken into lines. Fireblossom … Continue reading
Absence
Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Darkness Is . . . (posted by Sumana) “Darkness was; is; will be. Is it intrinsically bad? Or is it something that lies in between good and evil? What color is it? Is it gray, … Continue reading
The Missing Spectacles
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #337 Words: spectacle, sense, post, gentle, spin, mint, bend, message, missing, ink, inject, row Missing his wire-framed spectacles, the elderly gent could not spot secret message injected into the first column, eighth row of … Continue reading
Plans
Written for dVerse Poets Pub Haibun Monday: “What Are Your Plans?” (posted by hayesspencer) My return to New York has left some holes in my life. The only way I can fill up holes is to keep writing. A writer’s … Continue reading
