Tag Archives: parents

Our World

Posted on December 6, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle Extra Words: control, lift, shooter, face, school, date, attack see, screen suck, second, worry For a second I was able to see the shooter’s face–a vacant screen, a blank slate. His movements were jerky, … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged parents, students, teachers, violence | 3 Comments

Impossible

Posted on November 23, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Miz Quickly – Day 22 – Impossible How can it be true? Both parents gone, when I thought they would live forever. https://imprompt.wordpress.com/2021/11/22/qnv-22/

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged acceptance, death, difficult, parents | 3 Comments

Love Behind The Armor

Posted on February 6, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #55 – “What You Resist You Become” “Write about turning into one of your parents or about resisting such a fate.” (posted by Rosemary) Mom was intelligent, attractive, and funny. Yet, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged battles, Love, parents, realizations, traits | 11 Comments

Ghosts of Parents Passed

Posted on November 2, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Writers’ Pantry #44: Of Death and Ghosts in Books I have yet to be visited by Mom’s other-worldly presence. Dad has dropped in, silent, hint of a smile. He does not speak, but I … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged appearance, Love, parents, silence | 16 Comments

Building Blocks

Posted on August 27, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #34: Foundation (posted by Rommy) “Today I am asking you to consider the word foundation and use that to build up your words.” One of my fondest memories is the sight of … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged base, parents, reading, sister, writing | 4 Comments

Ghost Town

Posted on May 4, 2020 by purplepeninportland

For: Poets and Storytellers United – Writers’ Pantry #18 – “Indulgences” (posted by Rommy) World is in a vise, gripped by a spaceship filled with a newly- discovered virus. It has become the Black Plague of our 21st century. Little … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged anxiety, disease, fear, invisible, parents, shoulders | 21 Comments

Just People

Posted on September 26, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides #499 – Write a parent poem. We thought they knew everything, that they were perfect. Deflecting from our in-the-line always coloring of our parents, was the sight of Mom crying. Out of bounds. Foul ball. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged accepting, children, parents, thinking | Comments Off

Thought of My Parents (no doubt)

Posted on November 11, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetics Aside 2018 November PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 10 Write a teenage poem. They insist that you are their Enemy, opposing every word you utter, Except when they need money. Funny how angry voices Negotiate in softer, … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged acrostic, hopes, parents, teens, Thoughts, Written for Challenge | Comments Off

One Halloween

Posted on October 29, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #375 Words: eggs, sing, corn, breeze, movies, misty, child, find, spray, attentive, drive, runny Indian corn centers the crimson front door. Autumn breeze sways husks on bottom. Mild mist sprays sidewalks, pasting leaves into … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged child, costume, Halloween, parents, wisdom, Wordle | 2 Comments

Writing, Thinking

Posted on May 14, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Weekend Mini-challenge Fussy Little Forms – Palindrome (posted b Marian) “We all know that a palindrome is a word or phrase that is the same when read forward or backward. Like WOW … Continue reading →