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Spanish Steps

Posted on February 13, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Muse #246 Sans shoes, she carefully steps between pieces of debris, making her way up the cracked stone, bricks, and marble of the Spanish Steps. Diaphanous dress flounces, billows like a cloud-sail. No rail to keep … Continue reading →

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And Tomorrow December Begins

Posted on December 1, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for November 2022 PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 30 “For today’s prompt, take the phrase “And (blank),” replace the blanks with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem.” … Continue reading →

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poet’s lips

Posted on March 25, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Go Dog Go Café – Tuesday Writing Prompt – “poet’s lips” The poet’s lips formed a perfect “O” from repeatedly pouring forth pearls of wisdom. https://godoggocafe.com/

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Poets Fitting Moods

Posted on August 21, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Tuesday Platform (posted by Anmol) “I have been thinking about the condition of the world that we live in and where we are headed. In that context, reading Sylvia Plath doesn’t provide … Continue reading →

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The End Of April

Posted on May 1, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides April 2017 Challenge – Day 30 For today’s prompt, take the phrase “The (blank),” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. … Continue reading →

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To My Virtual Friends

Posted on November 15, 2016 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides November 2016 Chapbook Challenge – Day 14 Write a dedication poem. Pick someone or something as a subject and dedicate your poem to him, her, it, etc. You may consider titling your poem “For Big Foot” … Continue reading →