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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
First Beach Visit
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday 6-21-21: Solstice I (posted by Frank J. Tassone) “Whether you are visiting the beach for the first day of summer, or building the first snowman of Winter, breathe in the Solstice air. … Continue reading
This Poem is Blues
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Blue Tuesday (posted by sarahsouthwest) “In March last year, I asked you to write some red poems. Tonight, I want you to write me some blue poems. Red is pretty straightforward. It’s out … Continue reading
Crest Of A Wave
Written for: One Woman’s Quest II VJ’s Weekly Challenge – Contemplating Waves When you wave to someone from afar, you wait a beat. Maybe they do not recognize you. Chances are they will wave back anyway–polite response. Sometimes I feel … Continue reading
“we lie close”
Written for: The Twiglets #212 – “we lie close” A lie is not close to the truth Lying close we each dream our own dreams lying close to ocean waves silver crest in noon day sun A powerful man bent … Continue reading
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