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The Hard Work of Adapting to Losses
Written for: November 2022 PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 7 “Day 7 asks poets to adapt. Write an adaptation poem.” Marion was with us, from eight weeks to fifteen years. She left us in April. Dear family member–gone. Marion was … Continue reading
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Tagged emptiness, loss, pain, pantoum form, sorrow, Written for Challenge
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Sense of Dread
Written for: April 2022 PAD – Day 14 “Write a scary poem.” A sense of dread when I awake, will today be filled once more with crime? Will bombing continue with vengeful hate? I feel like our world is out … Continue reading
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Tagged crime, fear, pantoum form, shootings, war, Written for Challenge
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If I Were You
Written for: November 2021 PAD – Day 20 “Write a (Blank) You poem.” If I were you, I’d be cautious You who have wronged so many Thoughts of you make me nauseous, a Poster boy for bad penny You who … Continue reading
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Tagged damaged, free, pantoum form, thief, Written for Challenge
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To Holiday Cookies!
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet Christmas Cookie Pantoum “As we begin preparations (I know of a guy who is twenty-four days away from one hundred poems to Christmas) for the big season, we see the staple of most … Continue reading
Nature’s Gifts
Written for: Poetics Aside PAD November 2020 Challenge – Day 13 “For today’s prompt, write a luck poem. Good luck, bad luck, a mixed bag. You decide and then write it.” Lucky penny, heads up reflected in the sun. I … Continue reading
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Tagged lake, lucky, pantoum form, penny, rainbow, swans, Written for Challenge
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Bagels and Cream Cheese
Written for: Poetics Aside April 2020 PAD Challenge – Day 22 Write a quirk poem. He walks a mile for exercise to get his bagel and chive cream cheese. In this way breakfast is justified. With his routine, he is … Continue reading
Physical Fun Times
Written for: Poetic Asides 2019 PAD November Chapbook Challenge – Day 21 “For today’s prompt, write a travel poem. There are so many ways a person can travel–by train, plane, automobile; by horse, roller skates, rickshaw; by trolley, hot air … Continue reading
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Tagged pantoum form, physical illness, psychological illness, vaccines, Written for Challenge
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A Field of Sunflowers (pantoum 2)
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetry: a Piece of Written Art (posted by Victoria) In our current form challenge, the Pantoum, we are working with both structure and repetition—techniques much like pattern in visual art. This form, and others … Continue reading
Love At Midnight
Written for: Poetics Aside 2018 November PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 2 For today’s prompt, write a darkest hour poem. Some people may think of midnight or the witching hour. Still others may picture those moments right before the sun … Continue reading
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Tagged garments, midnight, pantoum form, sex, stars, Written for Challenge
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On A Cold Autumn Night
Written for: Poetic Asides November 2017 Chapbook Challenge – Day 26 Write a shine poem. The blue in the black of his hair, like an ice floe in a dark sea. Luminance under light of moon on Autumn night with … Continue reading
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Tagged endings, glare, moonlight, pantoum form, relationships, Written for Challenge
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