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About Maya Angelou

Posted on May 21, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub (posted by Laura Bloomsbury) Poetics: Poems To A Poet “Select ONE of our favourite poets (a celebrated or a lesser known one) and write a poem either About them (the indirect voice, as exemplified in … Continue reading →

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Overcoming

Posted on March 22, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #330 I Challenge You “We will write a “challenge” poem. At the end of our poem we will choose one of our poets and give them a topic upon which to muse. Any form, … Continue reading →

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What’s On The News?

Posted on August 15, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poets United Midweek Motif~Televised  (posted by Sumana) Let us see what patterns of life surface from both the positive and / or negative sides of the televised news and also sometimes its purposeful silence on certain current affairs. … Continue reading →

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Kite

Posted on September 28, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poets United Midweek Motif~Rising Above “I read in an article that circumstances, according to scientists are only 10% contributors to happiness and the rest is done by ‘our genes, our behavior and our intentional activities’. This may be … Continue reading →

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Iron Wheel (a double shadorma)

Posted on October 8, 2014 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Margo Roby’s Poem Tryouts:  “There and Back Again” In the etymology of revolve, the oldest is the Latin: re “back or, again” + volvere “to roll”. Additionally, unroll, unwind; happen again, return, go over, and repeat. Not a … Continue reading →

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