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Realization vs. Stupidity
Written for: November 2022 PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 29 “It’s not often we get five Two-for-Tuesday prompts in a challenge, but this has been a special kind of month.” For this week’s Two-for-Tuesday prompt: 1. Write a truth poem, … Continue reading
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Tagged Acrostic form, ex-cons, help, mistake, relationships, Written for Challenge
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True Colors
Written for: Poetic Asides 2019 PAD November Chapbook Challenge – Day 30 “For today’s prompt, write a the end poem. It’s the end of the first draft phase of the challenge, so there’s that. But you can also reach the … Continue reading
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Tagged coward, Ghazal, relationships, Written for Challenge
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On A Cold Note
Written for: Poetic Asides #468 – Write a note poem. “My first thought is that this is a poem written as a short note to someone. Maybe a list of tasks to perform, a note about the state of the … Continue reading
Looking Dim
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille – “spoil” (Posted by Lillian) He’s spoiling for a fight, twists each word she says. He was mama’s shining knight, kept spoon-fed. Why marry him, was she blind, did she harbor schemes to … Continue reading
Garden of Reminders
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: The Language of Flowers (posted by SarahSouthwest) “Flowers are your friends here! The language of flowers was a positive craze in the 19th Century – though flowers have always had a language of … Continue reading
Music in Moonlight
Written for: The Sunday Whirl Wordle #356 Words: call, breath, pass, alone, tell, harm, fiddle, shot, tower, late, treat, honey Fiddle me a tune, honey. It is late; we are alone. I will pour you another shot if you treat me right. Night … Continue reading
On The Brink
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Fussy Little Forms : Tectractys (posted by Marian) The tetractys was invented by Ray Stebbings, who says this about the form: “Euclid, the mathematician of classical times, considered the number series 1,2,3,4 … Continue reading
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Tagged begining, leaving, Micro-poetry, relationships, tectractys
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Trust
Written for: Poetics Aside 2018 April PAD Challenge – Day 27 Write a story poem. Start falling, I will catch you. No worries, it’s a trust thing. She lets go, hits head on ground. Catches him flirting.
Hanging By A Thread
Written for: Poetic Asides 2018 April PAD Challenge – Day 19 Take the phrase “(blank) Thread;” replace the blank with a word or phrase; make the new phrase the title of your poem; and then, write your poem. He is … Continue reading
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Tagged compromise, lento form, relationships, trust, Written for Challenge
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