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Tag Archives: Peace
Monet
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Connections (posted by Merrill) “Think about connecting or connections in any sense.” I remember that special room in the Museum of Modern Art. The first time I entered a hush, a quiet beyond … Continue reading
Pulling on my Soul
Written for: One Woman’s Quest – VJ’s Weekly Challenge“What Pulls on Your Soul?” Animals of all kinds pull at my heartstrings. Oceans call my name, as the tides ebb and flow. I want to go and absorb the vastness with … Continue reading
In The Night
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Flights of Fancy (posted by Laura Bloomsbury) . Pen a poem that is about FLYING/FLIGHT (NOT FLEEING) . Take ONE or MORE of our natural winged phenomena – bird, bat, insect, seed, flying … Continue reading
Near Future
Written for: Poetic Asides April 2020 Challenge – Day 8 Write a future poem. I am not looking far ahead, just to a time without masks and gloves, to sleep peacefully in my bed Trees, plants, and flowers are in … Continue reading
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Tagged health, near future, normality, Peace, tercet, Written for Challenge
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Nocturnal Notions
Written for: Poetic Asides 2019 PAD November Chapbook Challenge – Day 27 “For today’s prompt, write a remix poem. To do this, pick one (or more) of your poems from earlier this month, and remix it. Bend free verse into … Continue reading
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Tagged cozy, dogs, Night, patterns, Peace, Written for Challenge
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Survival of Animals
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Wordy Monday with Wild Woman – “The Wolf Mother” “The loss of the wolf is like the loss of the mother. Somewhere she roams in memory, in darkness. Our bond with her is … Continue reading
Night Peace
Written for: 2019 November PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 4 Write a Night _______ poem. When night arrives, paint on walls dims to cool. I am at peace on my couch feeling no responsibility for, or judgement from, others. The … Continue reading
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Tagged fibonacci form, Night, Peace, Written for Challenge
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Where is Peace?
Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Peace (posted by Susan) Have you known peace? What was it like? How large a peace can you imagine? How does that change when we imagine peace ~ or create peace ~ together? Please write … Continue reading
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Tagged HexSonnetta, inner, kindness, Love, methods, Peace, world
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Do Not Waste Time
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Turn! Turn! Turn! (posted by Lillian) “For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to … Continue reading
