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Dawn to Twilight
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – MTB: In a Roundabout Way (posted by Laura Bloomsbury) “The roundabout is a metered stanzaic form with a simple but unusual premise that the rhyme scheme should come full circle (thus the name).” Word … Continue reading
Treasures of the Seasons
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub (posted by Grace Poetry Form: Traditional Mongolian Meter “The elements of Traditional Mongolian Meter are: 1. written in any number of quatrains. 2. syllabic, usually 7 to 8 syllables. 3. head rhymed. Technically, head rhyme … Continue reading
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Tagged color, ocean, scents, Seasons, spices, Traditional Mongolian Meter form, trees
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Ethereal
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: There’s a Word For That (posted by Mish) – neologisms “Choose 3 or more of the above words and include them in a poem of any style. You may want to use one … Continue reading
Loopies
Written for: dVerse Poetry Pub – Poetry Form: Loop Poetry (posted by Grace) “Loop Poetry is a poetry form created by Hellon. There are no restrictions on the number of stanzas nor on the syllable count for each line. In … Continue reading
Through My Eyes
Written for: Poetic Bloomings Prompt #371 My Life As A . . . “Everything we’ve done is worth celebrating.” A dreamer of oceans fraught with white froth, whorling into whirlpools of mermaids, and sea horses. Unicorns frolic, and attend tea … Continue reading
some haiku
Written for: Friday Writings #6: The Shorter The Sweeter? (posted by Rosemary) “Greetings, dear wordsmiths! What have you been up to lately? Me, I’ve been reading a very interesting book. (Interesting to me, anyway.) Someone in one of the haiku … Continue reading
Once
Written for: Miz Quickly – Day 29 “Begin with the words, “Once upon a time” Once upon a time the rivers flowed with wine. Marine life was happy then until it all came to an end. Human greed and disregard … Continue reading
“the sun sits pretty
Written for: The Twiglets #246 – “the sun sits pretty” Red sun sits low. Pretty soon it will sink beyond horizon of ocean. Sun is sitting pretty, shining from her throne, wielding power to turn the earth into gold. pretty … Continue reading
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Tagged Haiku, limerick, little girl, Micro-poetry, ocean, sunshine
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Of Flavors and Beaches
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetry Form: Monotetra (posted by Grace) “Today we are going to try our hand with a poetic form developed by Michael Walker, the monotetra. Here are the basic rules: *Comprised of quatrains (four-line stanzas) … Continue reading
For Ocean Lovers
Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #509 Words: eat, shadow, unraveling, fish, language, feast, flame, risk, saved, stone, spray, off Spray off ocean waves emits a fishy scent as it slides over small stones on shore. Feast for the eyes. Unraveling, … Continue reading
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