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Lost Passage Of Time
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Write a piece of prose or poetry that uses the words black eyes and cold winter rain.” Stuck at nightfall in a cold winter rain, … Continue reading
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Tagged cold, lost, Night, rain, split personality, written from words
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Drear
Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #484 Words: wall, narrow, throw, hold, want, tape, morning, lead, black, stories, after, small An ominous lead sky de-joyed the morning. After holding back, rain railed against the narrow windows while out in its midst, … Continue reading
“rain through a net”
Written for: The Twiglets #197 – “rain through a net” silver comets slide through net of sky rain water rinsed apples in a netted bowl. a slip of a girl dragged from one home to the next falls through the … Continue reading
Faces of Rain
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #301 “Have You Ever Seen The Rain? “Write on any aspect of rain.” Rain reigns supreme in this new world of deluge and destruction. Tears rain down faces of those who have lost all, … Continue reading
Water Woes
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #468 Words: bend, gas, grass, books, dancing, meet, sight, Wednesday, flash, shift, fly, surprise Water-logged Wednesday bends blades of grass. Flash! In a weather shift, sight of zig-zag lightning flies across the sky. Pages … Continue reading
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Tagged cancellation, Dance, lightning, rain, Wordle, wrinkles
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Silver Sounds
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Rain (posted by sarahsouthwest) “Tonight, I want you to give me a rainy poem. Give me your rain – the city rain, the desert rain, the rain that falls in the forest. Give … Continue reading
Renga with Jane
Written for: Carpe Diem #1817 Renga With … Jane Reichhold … Moonlight Moving “Today I love to challenge you to create a Renga With Jane Reichhold, our beloved and so missed co-host of CDHK may she rest in peace. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Love, moon, rain, tan renga with Jane, waterfall
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Full To Bursting
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Exercise in Poetic thought #4 “(from sentences in Part 1, choose 1 word from each sentence (10 words). Use at least 8 in a new poem.” Words: cloud, auguries, flavor, tremulous, space, embrace, song, missed, … Continue reading
Rain With A Kick
Written for: Wednesday Muse – Summer Rain Not always soft showers that tickle the ground, a summer rain can follow thunder’s blast, raging at the windows, playing havoc with the trees. As quickly, nature reverts to stillness, as if contemplating … Continue reading