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When Touched By Dreams
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2, Prompt #424 – Hey, That’s My Line! #6 “Today we return to one of our favorite exercises: Take a line from someone else’s poem posted at Poetic Bloomings and, for the moment, make it your own. … Continue reading
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Tagged ages, dreaming, happy, Inspired by another poem, nightmare
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Sand Mountain
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Visionary Poems (posted by Ingrid) “For this prompt, write a poem inspired by a vision, dream, or both. If you want, you can return to Blake’s “dreams of infants” – perhaps you remember … Continue reading
Nightmare/Dream
Written for: Poetics Aside PAD November 2020 Challenge – Day 3 “Two-for-Tuesday – Write a dream and/or nightmare poem.” Childhood Nightmare Mom says I fight in my sleep Maybe I could not fight awake. Evenings I remember waking with teeth … Continue reading
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Tagged dream, fun, Harrisham Rhyme form, memories, nightmare, youth
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Purple Hues
Written for: Go Dog Go Café – “colors of my mind” when i close my eyes a rainbow of purple hues obscures this nightmare https://godoggocafe.com/
Suffocating Darkness
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration – Sexton’s Room “WRITE A SOMETHING INSPIRED BY THIS LINE FROM ONE OF ANNE SEXTON’S POEMS:” “THE BLACK ROOM TOOK US LIKE A CAVE” Dark, dark, dark. I could not see my … Continue reading
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Tagged dark, death, inspired by a line from another poem, nightmare, suffocation
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Lost Again
Written for: Poetic Asides 2019 April PAD Challenge – Day 29 “For today’s prompt, take the phrase “(blank) Again,” 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 anxiety, changes, Englyn, lost, nightmare, recurring, Written for Challenge
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