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stooped flowers
Written for: Carpe Diem’s TANKA SPLENDOR 2020-1: VERNAL EQUINOX “Here at Tanka Splendor I hope to inspire you to create an all new Tanka inspired on a given Tanka. This week I have chosen a Tanka themed “New Beginnings” and … Continue reading
Plant a Seed
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration: Old Wives Tales “TAKE AN OLD WIVES TALE AND WRITE IT AS TRUTH. WRITE ABOUT SOMEONE BORN IN A CABBAGE PATCH, OR A PERSON WHOSE FACE STAYS DISTORTED AFTER MAKING IT, OR … Continue reading
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Tagged forest, grow, limerick, Myths & Legends, plant, watermelon seeds
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sprouting
Written for: Carpe Diem #1517 – Hope (imagination) (Letter H) seedling sprouts wings earth has been barren too long hope for new crops http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/
“autumn coolness”
Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #46 Renga With Basho Hineri “autumn coolness” Here are the six haiku (including the real “hokku”) to work with. The goal is to write the 2-lined stanza between the haiku and to close the “chain” with … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, food, fruit, inspired by other haiku, plant, Renga, trees
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Irish Heather Bells
Written for: Poetic Asides 2018 April PAD Challenge – Day 22 Pick a plant, make it the title of your poem, and write your poem. My Irish heather bells, hope they are being well cared for. Their flowers I adore, … Continue reading
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Tagged bells, color, Luc bat form, plant, Written for Challenge
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For Love of Lavender
Written for: Poetics Aside April 2018 PAD Challenge – Day 7 Write a senses poem. That is, write a poem that uses one or more of your senses. She misses perfume of lavender where fields grew wild, and honey was … Continue reading
A Tease of Green
Written for: Poems for Garden Gnomes – “That Ain’t Right!” The premises is simple. Find something that is just out of reach of your left hand and wax poetic about it. Stick your left arm out and whatever tickles your … Continue reading
The Plant
Written for: Quickly #15 – Make use of: your favorite toy someone who lived before 1800 a plant with thorns Thinks he keeps his thorns well hidden. What a shock it will be. They all know that he’s a plant. … Continue reading
Witch Hazel
Written for: Carpe Diem #691, Witch Hazel Today our prompt is Witch Hazel … a unique bush with a lot of uses hidden in it e.g. health issues. I will try to tell you all first a little bit more about … Continue reading
