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Street Games
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #93: Kid Stuff (posted by Rommy) “Write about something you really enjoyed in childhood.” Street games of any kind played on cement. Never wanted to stop and go home. Statues, Iron Tag, … Continue reading
rolling
Written for: The Twiglets #133 – “rolling in it” They knew her when– old neighborhood friends. Tenements lined the block, every need for a lock on your door. People on her street were poor. Now, old friends and neighbors wonder how she … Continue reading
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Tagged dog walk, limerick, Micro-poetry, neighborhood, poor, rich
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Swept Away
Written for: Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #89 – Extreme Haibun . . . Rain An extreme haibun is, as you maybe remember, a haibun is prose and poetry together, a kind of symbiosis so to say. I will give you … Continue reading
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Tagged boat, flowers, Haibun, neighborhood, rain, Spring
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Music In Black And White
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – April Poems – Day 28 “Photographic Images Reimagined” (posted by Margaret) “These images are free to download and use. I linked the sites and you are also free to choose one for … Continue reading
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Tagged black and white, dreams, neighborhood, piano music, Written for Challenge
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Neighborhood Watch
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #381 Words: with, key, crime, shrug, away, others, right, last, word, memo, use, frame With use of the right kind of skeleton key, burglary crimes are committed all the time. Don’t shrug it off … Continue reading
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Tagged crime, group, neighborhood, precaution, safety
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Neighborhood Rescue
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #315 Words: bloody, nose, mist, vibes, moment, dive, spokes, spell, now, plant, choppy, place Dog’s nose twitching, itching now to get inside that small crawlspace, place drugs were purported to be stashed. Neighborhood on … Continue reading
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Tagged action, destruction, neighborhood, Wordle
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Neighborhood Fear
Written for: Poetic Asides #393 Write a pieces poem. Neighbors knew he carried a piece, prayed his lease would soon be up. all they wanted was a little peace Bully since childhood, he did not cease, becoming a gangster–ruthless, … Continue reading
La Giaconda
Written for: Poetic Asides April 2016 Challenge – Day 16 Write a poem about (or at) a food establishment e.g. local favorite, first date, first job, etc. In Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York our first apartment together in a neighborhood of … Continue reading
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Tagged cascade poem, food, neighborhood, Written for Challenge
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