Tag Archives: sea

Open Front Window

Posted on June 29, 2020 by purplepeninportland

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 →

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“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 →

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a light troiku

Posted on February 3, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1804 New Beginnings … candlelight “Today I love to challenge you two times. I love to challenge you to create a “fusion-ku” with two given haiku and to create a Troiku with your new “fusion-ku”. I … Continue reading →

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Sea Dreaming

Posted on January 23, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poets and Storytellers United (posted by Sanaa) Weekly Scribblings #3 – Salt-water poems “Write inspired by the sea.” Sit at sea’s edge, wait for a whale-wave to roar over my head, covering me in white bubbles of foamy … Continue reading →

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Washed in Blue

Posted on June 23, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Sunday Muse #61 Extend beaches with indigo, aqua, and cerulean. Wooden planks disappear, but, I am here to see the sea, and feel it cover me. Where I came from, where I will go. Gulls cry in monochrome … Continue reading →

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frozen cliffs – renga with Jane

Posted on February 4, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1594 Cliffs … Renga With Jane Reichhold “Today I have another nice modern kigo extracted from her modern saijiki. That kigo has a little sad taste, because I have chosen for the modern kigo “cliffs” and … Continue reading →

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Blue’s Brew

Posted on December 24, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  The Sunday Whirl,  Wordle #383 Words:  dogs, ship, morning, stop, shadow, treat, spring, brew, notes, spent, view, shaken Shadow ship stopped in the harbor, early morning under sky of foggy-white. Even dogs slept on, dreaming of treats. The … Continue reading →

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Salt of the Earth

Posted on November 25, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poetic Asides 2018 November PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 24 “For today’s prompt, write a salty poem. I love sweet foods, but I also love savory (and salty) foods. Honestly, I just like food. There, I said it. … Continue reading →

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autumn evening

Posted on November 15, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1541 – Evening (modern kigo) Back to our Autumn month “the leaves are falling” … Today I have chosen two nice haiku by Jane Reichhold taken from her “A Dictionary of Haiku” section Autumn, subsection Celestial. … Continue reading →

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Sacred Shell

Posted on October 12, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Meeting The Bar:  Iambic Pentameter  (posted by Frank) “The challenge today is to write lines of iambic pentameter, lines with five iambic feet. They do not have to rhyme. They do not have to … Continue reading →

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