Tag Archives: searching

This New Life

Posted on September 3, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet: Tri-Fall “The Tri-fall consists three 6-line stanzas, for a total of 18 lines. The rhyme scheme is a,b,c,a,b,c and meter for each stanza is as follows: 6/3/8, 6/3/8. This form requires little to … Continue reading →

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Ocean to Ocean

Posted on August 25, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #122 Hot or cold, maybe some place in between. My eye is a guiding light as I country-hop city to city, ocean to ocean. I search for a home-spot without wars, greedy leaders, hungry citizens. Hot … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged eye, map, searching, Written from Art | 8 Comments

Searching for Honey

Posted on February 27, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides #517 – Write a haunted poem. He combed bookstores and libraries haunted by her voice like honey. Their parting was still a mystery. He combed bookstores and libraries hoping to find her in reverie waiting to … Continue reading →

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Searching for Spring

Posted on February 4, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday – 02/3/20: Spring posted by Frank Tassone I walk through my neighborhood peering into gardens, hoping to see some green. The only shade of green I notice is sore-bellied bird shit. No, … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged birds, Early Spring, gardens, searching, seed | 16 Comments

Inside the Moon

Posted on March 9, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet: Hexasonnetta The HexSonnetta, consists of two six-line stanzas and a finishing rhyming couplet with the following set of rules: Meter: Iambic Trimeter Rhyme Scheme: a/bb/aa/b c/dd/cc/d ee Iambic Trimeter means the usual iambic … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged drawn, Hexasonnetta form, moon, searching | 2 Comments

I Wandered

Posted on August 4, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub: Meeting the Bar – Trimeter (posted by Frank) The topic today is trimeter. A line in a poem written in trimeter is one that has three similar feet often corresponding to three accented syllables. The … Continue reading →