Tag Archives: scent

The Christmas Song

Posted on December 13, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #364 The Muse in Music “Christmas music fills the airwaves these days. And it’s easy to find inspiration in a good song title. Using one such title as your poem’s title, write that poem!” … Continue reading →

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My Log Cabin

Posted on August 13, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Outside Looking In (posted by Laura Bloomsbury) ” -conjure an imaginary house of any size, any place, any age -fill it with an imaginary person/people past or present, or ghosts, or leave it … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged animals, dreams, fireplace, log cabin, scent, trees | 6 Comments

For Ocean Lovers

Posted on July 12, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #509 Words: eat, shadow, unraveling, fish, language, feast, flame, risk, saved, stone, spray, off Spray off ocean waves emits a fishy scent as it slides over small stones on shore. Feast for the eyes. Unraveling, … Continue reading →

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“summertime”

Posted on June 20, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai #1845 Troiku Challenge: Summertime “I have chosen the theme Summertime for this Troiku Challenge, because here in The Netherlands we have a very warm, say hot, time with temperatures rising above 30 degrees Celsius, … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged nights, scent, Summer, troiku | 6 Comments

Captivated

Posted on August 31, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #471 Words: scent, vanguard, glancing, breath, love, impact, captive, cornbread, accent, journey, moon, power She held him captive with her powerful scent of Jasmine Moon, impacting his breath as he whispered his love. Accent my … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged journey, Love, new world, scent, Wordle | 2 Comments

Off Trail

Posted on June 22, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #461 Words: smoke, yearning, current, birdsong, trail, camp, chop, vapor, monarch, mountain, twist, chill Off trail. We set up camp, yearning for crackling sounds of a fire burning. Chill in the air, as we look … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged butterflies, campfire, mountains, scent, song, Wordle | 15 Comments

“a little salty”

Posted on April 22, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #173 – “a little salty” Her cloying sweetness needed an infusion of saltiness. I love when my lips are wet with the taste of sea salt. she eats beef stew tender meat, spring vegetables sadly lacking … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Haiku, limerick, Micro-poetry, salt, scent, sea, taste | 1 Comment

winter trees

Posted on December 6, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem #1789 – The Winter Trees (Crossroads) The task is to create a “fusion-ku” from the two given haiku and create a Troiku with it, so this episode is a “Crossroads” episode. Here are the two haiku … Continue reading →

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honeysuckle

Posted on August 19, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem #1723 Honeysuckle “As a haiku poet I use a “haigo” or “penname” and as you know my “haigo” is Chèvrefeuille (French for Honeysuckle). I am a Dutch haiku poet and I write almost all my haiku … Continue reading →

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Full To Bursting

Posted on August 3, 2019 by purplepeninportland

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 →