Tag Archives: seeds

Doubt Turns to Miracle

Posted on April 18, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2, Prompt #434 – Going Old School “We’re going back to the very beginning for this week’s prompt. With spring having to creep in, can garden blooms be far behind? Every garden starts with a seed. A … Continue reading →

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Seeds of Promise

Posted on July 4, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #559 Words: tangle, stream, branches, reprieve, bleed, clouds, seeds, breeze, sway, boon, teeth, climb Branches in my head were once seeds of promise–my baby teeth. Now they bleed and tangle, no place to climb. … Continue reading →

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Mighty Sunflower

Posted on May 4, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #127 Planting Seeds (posted by Merrill) Hoping against hope, I plant seeds of my favorite flower, sunflower. Seems unfathomable that a mighty giant could grow from a tiny seed. I watch in awe, … Continue reading →

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In An Anti-Autumn State of Mind

Posted on October 13, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #307 – An Anti-Autumn State of Mind “The season changes to something autumnal and thoughts turn to its colorful palette and cozy temperatures and ya-da, ya-da… Admittedly, Autumn is my favorite season (and mostly … Continue reading →

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Sunflower

Posted on February 20, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub –Poetics : To Be A Flower (posted by Linda Lee Lyberg) “Think about what flower you most identify with or is your favorite. Write a poem from the perspective of that flower.” Awkward and gangly … Continue reading →

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scattered

Posted on December 25, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem #1329 rebirth (from Coehlo’s “The Fifth Mountain” […] “The ashes of the dead … will become the plants that are reborn in the spring.” […] (Source: The Fifth Mountain by Paulo Coelho) the sun rises the heat … Continue reading →