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Scenting
Written for: Sunday Muse #226 I am a red fox (not a Redd Foxx). We have different senses of humor. Speaking of senses, did you know that we canines have a fifty times greater sense of smell than humans? When … Continue reading
Nature in Autumn
Written for: November 2021 PAD – Day 27 “Write a remix poem. Take one or several of your poems, and make a remixed version that is new.” No dye or paint can match Ambers, apricots, or crimsons That nature arrays … Continue reading
What is Your Nature?
Written for: November 2021 PAD – Day 10 “Write a nature poem.” nature good, sweet caring, calming, nurturing placid, empathetic, selfish, nasty interrupting, belittling, ignoring pleasant, kind temperament https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-10
Shallow World
Written for: April 2021 PAD Challenge – Day 26 “Write a (——–) World poem.” where money grants you power where malls count more than housing where nature is sacrificed. Time for animals to save our surroundings. https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-april-pad-challenge-day-26
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Tagged animals, Endecha form, money, nature, power, shallowness, Written for Challenge
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Existence of Nature
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Prosery: Posibilities (posted by Merrill) “I went down the rabbit-hole with Brainpickings (once again), and this poem, “Possibilities” by Wislawa Szymborska spoke to me, even with its gentle irony (or perhaps because of it). … Continue reading
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Tagged existence, independent, nature, oceans, prosery, written from a line in another's poem
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Finding Space
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #52: Something About Mary (posted by Rosemary) “One of the things I did in the break was lots and lots of reading. And one of the things I read, cover to cover, … Continue reading
One With Nature
Written for: Sunday Muse #138 I am a facelost in a cloudwhose mist befogstops of evergreenslike white smokemountains. http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/
Wanting Peace of Mind
Written for: Poetic Asides PAD November 2020 Challenge – Day 29 “For today’s prompt, take the phrase “Wanting (blank),” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your … Continue reading
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Tagged imagination, meditation, nature, peace of mind, scenery, Trintina form, Written for Challenge
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Endless Beauty
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Three Little Words (posted by (sarahsouthwest) “Choose one of the 3-word combinations, and write a poem 3-12 lines long.” field, memory, magic In my memory I slow-stepped fields, meandered meadows of magic color, trees … Continue reading
Burn Into Light
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #36 – “a phoenix first must burn” “Write new poetry or prose inspired by the phrase: “a phoenix first must burn” (Posted by Magaly)” Mother Nature was pissed off. Father Time said … Continue reading
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