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Shower Madness

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #357 Featured Presentation “Halloween approaches and it conjures up associations with the horror films of Hollywood. There was “Attack of the Killer Tomatos,” “Frankenstein,” “The Exorcist.” Think of anything Hitchcock … “Psycho,” “The Birds,” … Continue reading

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The Game

Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #510 Words: lead, shed, refrain, dream, space, frame, screen, seem, lean, game, recede, chain The refrain was, it’s only a game. Do not shed any tears if you lose. Whichever player seems in the lead, … Continue reading

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The Delicate Washer

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Put Your Words On Spin Cycle (posted by WhimseyGizmo) “Write a laundry poem” The washer skates across the floor, poor shaken laundry inside. Jumping up and down is another activity it enjoys. Less … Continue reading

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“off a little”

Written for:  The Twiglets #184 – “off a little” When he proclaimed, biggest crowd at a rally ever, he was off by more than a little. Just take a little off the top. willow trimming laden with summer’s growth hard … Continue reading

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Seven

Poetic Asides 2019 April PAD Challenge – Day 8 “For today’s prompt, write a lucky number poem. Some people have lucky numbers, some don’t. Wherever you fall on the lucky number spectrum, you can still write a poem about the … Continue reading

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The Inconsiderate Roommate

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – April Poems – Day 5 “What Do We Do In The Shadows – Friday Film Prompt  (Posted by Isadora) “Write a poem about a supernatural creature who is a troublesome roommate.” Would … Continue reading

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Gray Water Hand

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Out of Standard – “Creature Feature” “Conjure up a monster that lives here and write a poem. ” (posted by Isadora) “Creature Feature Pictured above is Cut Face Cove. It’s home to … Continue reading

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Even Odds

Written for:  Poetic Asides #444 – Write a number four poem. “I’ll give everyone precisely four seconds to figure out what inspired today’s prompt, but there are so many ways to incorporate the number four in a poem: four-syllable lines, … Continue reading

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Curls of Bark

Written for:  Poems of Garden Gnomes Our return to the garden wouldn’t be complete without some form exploration. And since we’re writing a “little bit” of poetry, I thought we’d work a short form to start. The chosen form is … Continue reading

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Unraveling

Written for:  Poetic Asides November 2016 Chapbook Challenge – Day 27 Write a falling apart poem. Falling Apart Losing Limberness Illnesses Not General All Peculiar And Resist Treatment

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