Tag Archives: Peace

Forgiveness

Posted on June 18, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub (posted by Grace) Poetry Form: Trimeric 1. Trimeric has 4 stanzas 2. The first stanza has 4 lines 3. The other three stanzas have 3 lines each 4. The first line of each stanza is … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged forgiveness, letting go, Peace, Trimeric form | 31 Comments

Cold Cases

Posted on May 10, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #501 Words: scan, traces, cases, stories, catastrophe, created, risk, contain, places, premonition, silently, peace If you scan through the cold cases, you will find, contained within, traces of premonitions not given a place of … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged cold cases, investigation, Peace, risk, Wordle | Comments Off

What is Peace

Posted on April 21, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Write a poem on what peace means to you.” There is world peace, there is inner peace. If wars end forever, would we declare a … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged heart, mind, moment, Peace, world | 2 Comments

Monet

Posted on January 22, 2021 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged art, imagination, Peace, quiet, room | 4 Comments

Pulling on my Soul

Posted on January 13, 2021 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged animals, oceans, Peace, soul | 5 Comments

In The Night

Posted on July 30, 2020 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged change, fanciful, fights, Peace, wings | 7 Comments

Near Future

Posted on April 9, 2020 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged health, near future, normality, Peace, tercet, Written for Challenge | Comments Off

Hear The Cries

Posted on January 21, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Prosery: “The Rock Cries Out . . . “ (posted by Frank Tassone) “Today, the United States celebrates the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A modern prophet, Dr. King’s tireless advocacy of … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged equality, listen, Peace, prosery, questions, war, written from a line | 21 Comments

Nocturnal Notions

Posted on November 28, 2019 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged cozy, dogs, Night, patterns, Peace, Written for Challenge | Comments Off

Survival of Animals

Posted on November 5, 2019 by purplepeninportland

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 →