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A New Year

Posted on December 21, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Writers’ Pantry #51 – Year’s End (Posted by Rosemary) “Hands up who’s glad to see the end of 2020! Hmmm, yes, that seems to be unanimous – at least in terms of large-scale things such as firestorms, pandemics, … Continue reading →

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Marking Time

Posted on August 19, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Prosery Monday: A Time (posted by Merrill) “Today’s challenge is what we at dVerse call Prosery. If you’re new, or if you have not come across this challenge before, let me explain. I will … Continue reading →

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Morality

Posted on October 14, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #264 – Itty Bitty “Play with the suffix “itty.”  The title and inspiration should be a word ending in “itty.” Can you say you’re a moral person, no dealings you’d like to forget? You … Continue reading →

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Thoughts of Slipping Away

Posted on August 3, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  dVerse Poets Prompt – MTB: Critique and Craft  (posted by Frank) “More Dizain” How inviting, the ocean blue water as she stands at railing in reverie not surprised where her aimlessness brought her. What would it feel like … Continue reading →

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Rumination is Wasteful

Posted on June 27, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poetic Asides #486 – “Write a waste poem” Used to think my poor choices a waste of time I would never recoup. Then realized I’d learned from each sour taste. Used to think my poor choices a waste, … Continue reading →

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A Quatrain

Posted on June 22, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – “Quatrain” (posted by Frank) “The poetry form for the next two weeks will be the quatrain, a poem with one or more four lined stanzas variously patterned with rhyme and meter. Welcome to the pub.” … Continue reading →

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At The Shoppe

Posted on January 6, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads  Fireblossom Friday, “Escape To the Past” Take a look at these pictures and find one that speaks to you and write from that. He spins around on a red vinyl seat that crowns … Continue reading →

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