Tag Archives: ocean

Blue-eyed Ocean

Posted on January 25, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #322 Bits and Pieces “Think of your situation as bits and pieces and how they had influenced you. To take Hampton’s quote, what places have you been, who have you loved? What song best … Continue reading →

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Trickle of Water

Posted on August 25, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #300 It Still Starts With A Seed Small stream bubbles over rocks and stones– peaceful movement. Water stirs and wakes picking up steam, merging into a long lake. Lazily, lake lounges and flows, reaching … Continue reading →

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Serenity In Blue

Posted on August 20, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet: Endecha The endecha is a 16th-century Spanish poetic form with the following guidelines: Quatrain (or four-line) poem (or stanzas). Rhyme scheme: abcb Seven syllables per line for lines one, two, and three. Line … Continue reading →

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A Crescent

Posted on April 15, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Go Dog Go Cafè – Tuesday Prompt – “over the horizon” Just over the horizon a crescent smile of purple is slowing sinking, rippling the ocean in dark shadows. https://godoggocafe.com/Tuesday Prompt

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renga with beach diamonds

Posted on February 9, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #114 Renga With … beach diamonds “This weekend I love to challenge you to create a Renga with several haiku poets. Your task is to add the two-lined stanza towards it. You can choose … Continue reading →

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Creature of The Sea

Posted on October 21, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Sunday Whirl, Wordle #426 Words:  laugh, rue, spiral, sham, dense, signal, craft, draft, shell, shallow, send, sop I am a laughing spiral, thin-shelled, sometimes dense. From shallow waters I send you signals to join me on this drafty … Continue reading →

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I Hear The Ocean

Posted on August 10, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Sunday Muse #68 Finally I saw the ocean. It was huge, loved the waves. Found this shell, pearl pink inside They call it a conch. Now I can listen to the roar of the ocean whenever I want … Continue reading →

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Thoughts of Slipping Away

Posted on August 3, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  dVerse Poets Prompt – MTB: Critique and Craft  (posted by Frank) “More Dizain” How inviting, the ocean blue water as she stands at railing in reverie not surprised where her aimlessness brought her. What would it feel like … Continue reading →

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best friends

Posted on July 5, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem #1692 Summer Love … extreme haibun “This month we will see a lot of examples of love in Japanese poetry, but for starters I have chosen to challenge you with the creation of a so called … Continue reading →

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Taste of Summer

Posted on June 20, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poetic Asides #485 “Write a summer poem.” My skin sweats salt in summertime. Ocean cools leaving salt scent there. A season to sip chilled white wine. My skin sweats salt in summertime. I feel sensuous and sublime. With … Continue reading →

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