Tag Archives: moon

Differing Lights

Posted on March 14, 2022 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Beach, Haiku, moon, older women, sky | 3 Comments

Deconstructed Cento

Posted on November 17, 2021 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged butterfly, cento, daylight, flowers, inspired by other poets, Madness, moon | 7 Comments

A Night for Knights

Posted on September 6, 2021 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged horse, knight, lamp, magic, moon, Night | 2 Comments

A Dream Instead

Posted on July 29, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for Go Do Go Cafe Donna Matthews Challenge: Rondel form “The Rondel consists of 13 lines in 3 stanzas Rhyme scheme: ABba/abAB/abbaA (uppercase letters are refrains) Usually 8 syllables per line” Last night, asleep, a vivid dream rolled in, … Continue reading →

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Under the Moon Of Dreams Come True

Posted on May 31, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings Prompt #336 – Under The Moon of (——–) “Fill in the blank” Under the moon of dreams come true you can stand when the moon is full. Gaze ’til a face appears to you, under the … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged blue, dreams, face, moon, triolet form | Comments Off

Double Reflection

Posted on May 30, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #162 (posted by Carrie) after deluge water pools amidst stones bird marvels at swimming moon sees his body reflected in both water and moonlight http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged bird, moon, reflection, tanka, water, Written from Art | 34 Comments

May Moon

Posted on May 25, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday Flower Moon (posted by Frank J. Tassone) “The Full Moon of May is known as Flower Moon to signify the flowers that bloom during this month. There is a myriad of wildflowers … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged goslings, guardians, Haibun, May, moon, phases | 14 Comments

“moon rises”

Posted on April 28, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #224 – moon rises When a pink moon rises, earth is a rose. Stars shimmer silver at moon’s rise. he lies on his back in the glow of full moon light counting the stars There once … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Haiku, limerick, Micro-poetry, moon, pink, stars, wolfman | 6 Comments

Moon Music

Posted on September 30, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday – 09.28.20 to the Moon! (posted by Frank Tassone) “Let’s celebrate the Moon! Additionally, the Moon is a traditional Autumn kigo, those seasonal words so important to haiku. There are kigo for … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged color, harvest, moon, song | 2 Comments

Protected By the Moon

Posted on September 15, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Prosery Monday: Moonbeams and Moon Dreams (posted by Merrill) “Prosery is prose that includes a line from a poem. I will give you the line, and then you incorporate it into a short prose … Continue reading →