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Autumn’s Gift
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Writers’ Pantry #37: Rise of the stink bugs (posted by Rommy) “As someone who loves to notice the cycles of nature around me, and tries to find the beauty of every season, I try … Continue reading
Open Front Window
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #296 – Open A Window “Poeticize what’s behind that closed door. Why is it closed? If you’ve had an experience where something had not gone in your favor only to lead to something amazing … Continue reading
What The Head Holds
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration: Stony End “TAKE 90 SECONDS AND LIST ITEMS YOU MIGHT FIND IN A CEMETERY. AFTERWARD, WRITE A POEM/STORY THAT INCLUDES SOME OF THE ITEMS IN YOUR LIST. YOUR SETTING IS ANYWHERE BUT … Continue reading
Sketching
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – July 23: Life in My Spare Time Did you, do you have a hobby? Do you have an affinity for a special skill? Please share it. Alternatively, write about any kind of hobby that you … Continue reading
Beach Love
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet: Villonette “A Villonnet is a hybrid of the Villanelle and the Sonnet. It has the Iambic Pentameter of both, but holds the four-stanza/line structure of the sonnet, while utilizing the two-line rhyme nature … Continue reading
Reminds Me Of . . .
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: “Comfort Smells” (posted by Gina) “Today I ask that you write a poem about a smell that takes you to a time when you would just collapse into a safe place especially when … Continue reading
Cacophony
Written for: Quickly – Retail Therapy Just another consumer That’s your topic. Cacophony of contentious noise– cash register, rustling paper, plaintive complaints. Oil paintings’ vibrancy and scent mixing with cheeses of all known pungencies. Far too much to contemplate. I … Continue reading
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City of Colors
Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~City (posted by Sumana) “In the eyes of a poet what would a busy city look like? A dream or a nightmare?” A city stays in your heart, grabs a seat in your brain, rains … Continue reading
silk road spices
Written for: Carpe Diem #1361 Chang’an (Northern Route) entering the city the sweet perfume of spices mouth watering © Chèvrefeuille (our host) Here is my attempt: faint scent of spices at the Wild Goose Pagoda– saffron, sandalwood http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.nl/
My Little Pleasures
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Midweek Challenge: Thinking of Little Things “Today, pretend for a moment that you are at a loss for something to write. If you are me, you won’t have to pretend very hard. … Continue reading