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Beach Reverie
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – MTB: The Constanza (posted by Bjorn) “Today we are going to try our hand at a poetic form created by Connie Marcum Wong in 2007. This is an example of two poems in one … Continue reading
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Beneath The Sea
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Use the words, ‘beneath the surface’ in a poem. Sea of turquoise clear waters nacreous flashes of pink, midnight blue, and coral lie beneath the … Continue reading
“god’s white hair”
Written for: The Twiglets #234 – “god’s white hair” Pure white ocean waves– snowy hair of a god I do not have the white hair of a god, said the hare. Better get new glasses. crowd of clouds sails by … 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
“a little salty”
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
a light troiku
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
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
Washed in Blue
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
frozen cliffs – renga with Jane
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
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