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Lost Love Poem
Written for: Poetics Aside 2018 November PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 6 (Two-for-Tuesday) .Write a lost poem. Or . . . .Write a found poem Love poem was lost to me, self-penned, one I fancied. Under jumbled pile, I found … Continue reading
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Tagged cinquain, lost, Love, Poem, treasure, Written for Challenge
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Little Buddha Dog
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Mindfulness and Poetry (posted by SarahSouthwest) Tonight we’re doing a mash-up prompt. I want to use a mindfulness technique to open up your poetic brain, and then take it from there, and see … Continue reading
Painted Poem
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille: Poem For Me, using the word ‘poem’. (posted by Victoria) Painting behind my eyes tries to write itself into a poem. Vermilion tickles tongue. Wide brush of sky glides bluely along, bumping into … Continue reading
This Poem Is A Drifter
Written for: Poetic Asides #380 For today’s prompt, write a nothing better poem. Now, there are at least a couple ways to take this, but probably more. First, the poem could be about a moment that’s so amazing that nothing … Continue reading
Summer Parting
Written for: Creative Bloomings InForm: Lannet The “Lannet” is a form of sonnet, consisting of 14 lines. There is a strict syllable count of 10 per line. It has NO END-LINE RHYMING SCHEME. Only internal rhyme is allowed. There is … Continue reading
Murder at Local Resort
Written for: Poetic Asides #276 Write a news poem inspired from any part of the news. Famous local beach resort, bustling in the final month of summer, filled with regulars, tourists, and families with small children. Hotel room door is … Continue reading
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Tagged children, Poem, relationships, Sad, Written from newspaper article
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Ghosts of Yell Sound
Written for: The Mag #233 Where otters swim and play in Yell Sound, fifty-eight fishermen drowned at one end of the sound on a drear night in mid-summer. Disaster struck the other end with a crash of an RAF flying … Continue reading
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Tagged imagination, Poem, water, Weather, Written from Art
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Edges of the World
Written for The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #174 Words: demimonde, transgression, rites, asylum, gray, candle, Africa, myself, oranges, grand, reborn Transgressions of the demimonde cut a swath of gray across Africa, where people lit candles to pray for them. Grand rites … Continue reading
Light Lessens Fears
Written for: Creative Bloomings, #163, “Fears, Phobias, and Foibles” Deep inside of us all, we have that one thing that makes our knees shake and stomach churn. We yearn to let confidence take hold only to find we were sold … Continue reading
Child of the Mushroom Cloud
Written for Red Wolf Poems, We Wordle #24 Words: life, doubt, swings, legs. stood, crashing, fight, mushroom, fiery, sturdy, stern, strokes, nose, found, ear, low, asylum, dust, luxury, alley, chills, fishnet, glassy, rang, frayed, winds, clasped, water, roots, froze, soap, … Continue reading
