Tag Archives: prison

Locked Up

Posted on August 11, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Monday Quadrille #133 (posted by msjadeli) – “Stand” “Your challenge today, if you choose to accept it, is to use stand or any word that includes stand in it to write a quadrille. Describe … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged innocence, prison, quadrille, years | 5 Comments

A Quiet Prison

Posted on April 21, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides April 2020 PAD Challenge – Day 20 Write an isolation poem. A quiet corner to write in one hand cups chin Smooth jazz plays softly in background snoring dog sound Home phone unplugged due to spam … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Ovillejo form, prison, quiet, solitude, writing, Written for Challenge | 2 Comments

I Want To Live!

Posted on October 5, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration: P(l)ay It Forward Instead of writing a person’s regression in a past life, write the progression (future life) of that character. Yes, I was caught . . . you might say I … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged death sentence, different ending, imagination, prison, second chance, Written from a film | Comments Off

“picking peas”

Posted on May 29, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #128 – “picking peas” I pick peas over kale. Picking fresh peas out of the pod affords you a tastier experience, than frozen. Plus, it’s fun to squeeze the pod and watch peas pop out. Minding … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged fairytale, garden, Micro-poetry, peas, prison, theft | 6 Comments

Barring the Mind

Posted on April 18, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – “Somewhere in the midst of Stirring April” – (posted by Sanaa) The Mind Is Its Own Beautiful Prisoner the mind is its own beautiful prisoner. Mine looked long at the sticky moon … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged experiment, inspired by another poet, mind, open, prison, Written for Challenge | 10 Comments

Wrong(ed) Man

Posted on August 1, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetics Aside #447 Write a release poem. Staunchly, he proclaimed his innocence from a cell for twenty-five years. Evidence pointed toward guilt until his case came up for review in light of DNA– not a match. At last … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged free, innocence, nonet, prison, years | 2 Comments

Forty Years

Posted on December 7, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides #417 – Write a complicit poem. For those who are unsure, complicit is an adjective that basically defines a person who helps commit a crime or some other form of bad activity. Forty years crept by, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Age, crime, prison, years | 4 Comments

Behind Iron

Posted on September 12, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets – Quadrille #40 – “free” (posted by whimsygizmo) Today, let’s go free-falling. In other words, I want you to write us a poem of exactly 44 words, including some form of the word free. Vague vibrations … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged freedom, iron, power, prison, quadrille, strength | 15 Comments

Prisoner

Posted on November 3, 2016 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides November 2016 Chapbook Challenge – Day 1 Two-For-Tuesday: Write a stay poem and/or write a go poem. So long he waits on death row praying for a stay of execution, a better solution to the electric … Continue reading →

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Two-Timin’ Simon

Posted on August 15, 2016 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #261 words: travel, charge, stretch, chip, bullet, slime, trust, sail, stay, stand, burn, crook You ain’t nothin’ but a slimy crook smooth-sailin’ around my cool waters. Well, I am not takin’ a bullet for … Continue reading →