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A Dream Out of Reach
Written for: The Sunday Muse #243 Only the moon would do. She stretched her star-filled blue-heavens dress, blotting out all the world happening below. She’d show them. First to capture moonlight. And so, life went on all around her glittering … Continue reading
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Tagged imagination, missing, moon, over-extending, Written from Art
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Follow Stardust Dancing
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #584 Words: stony, stroke, star, follow, scan, body, goddess, slip, grow, dust, moonshine Follow stardust dancing over a moon shining steadily across body of darkened sky. Hear the soft song of a goddess slip … Continue reading
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Tagged imagination, moon, path, song, stardust, Wordle
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Written for: Poetic Asides #624 “Write a bank poem.” white majestic gleam glows in light of full moon untouched snow bank https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/wednesday-poetry-prompts-634
The Moon Takes a Breath
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #574 Words: carving, drop, breath, moon, signs, thumping, lie, pity, snarl, reveal, awful, now Moon takes a breath, revealing signs of carving like a pumpkin. Now it slowly drops a bit, hidden for a … Continue reading
Lull Before Lunette
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #572 Words: between, moon, broken, nothing, throw, time, space, shadow, give, lull, rising, mute Lull in time, and space between the shadowy sky, and rising moon, yielding nothing but a mere lunette like a … Continue reading
Moon-flooded Stars
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 Prompt #402 – Cosmos “Let’s look to the cosmos–planets, stars, asteroids, comets, light, life.” Shimmery stars light up my life. Best when backed by a moon of fullness. A spoonful of comfort to aid in darkest … Continue reading
Guided by Moonlight
Written for: Sunday Muse #214 In early June when flowers open their hearts to me, I am humbled. How insignificant I become in light of their fiery heat. Sky is churning circles of coal. I am hoping to make it … Continue reading
Differing Lights
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2, Prompt #377 – Pot Luck “This week we’re fighting off the chill with a little potluck dinner. The prompt is there is no prompt. You are asked to wing it, or post a poem you’ve recently … Continue reading
Deconstructed Cento
Written for: Miz Quickly – Day 16 – Quilt Poem on a Quilt This is a three-parter. Make Cento Deconstruct Write Poem (If you skip steps One and Two…well, don’t) For our purpose today, a cento is a patchwork of … Continue reading
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Tagged butterfly, cento, daylight, flowers, inspired by other poets, Madness, moon
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A Night for Knights
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 Prompt #350 – Nights In Shining Armor “We’re writing a night poem. The shining could be the moon and stars. The armor can be an alcove of trees. The romance is whatever stirs your emotions! Take … Continue reading