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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
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
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
“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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Tagged cut, disproportionate, Haiku, limerick, Micro-poetry, odd, tree
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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
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
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
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
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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