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Decades Before
Written for: April 2018 PAD Challenge – Day 2 For today’s prompt, write a portrait poem. You can use an actual portrait to write an ekphrastic poem. Or think up an image from real life. Or fake life. Or don’t … Continue reading
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Lost
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Meeting The Bar: Phantom Form – Shadorma (posted by Gospel) “Let us dVerse poets be allured! Shadorma is a syllabic poem consisting of six-line stanzas. The pattern is 3-5-3-3-7-5, and you may write one … Continue reading
Words Work Wonders
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Weekend Mini-challenge: Art With Me (posted by Magaly) Write a new poem that explores one or three (even 13) things you believe words can do for you and others. Create cards for … Continue reading
Scarlet
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – I Once Used an Earthquake–dVerse MTB: Symbolism (posted by Victoria) When we write symbolically, we choose something tangible to convey a more abstract concept or a mood/emotion. Rather than just saying something outright, … Continue reading
Roses
Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~The Flower: Rose Say it with Roses today. Write whatever it means to you. You might even focus on its thorns if you so wish. Such a gentle, beautiful and aristocratic flower has deep rooted … Continue reading
Poof!
Written for: Poetic Asides November 2017 Chapbook Challenge – Day 3 Write a triangle poem. For today’s prompt, write a triangle poem. As a shape, the triangle is interesting with its three sides and three corners (that add up to 180 … Continue reading
Three
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Fussy Little Forms: Shadorma (posted by Marian) simply three short words of caring– I love you– can change gray thoughts and gloominess to sun gold, brightening a face. http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/
Look Inside
Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Peace Make peace the mood and motif of your poem. She wanted so to be tranquil, to be someone who took walks in the late-afternoon sun, listening to the birds and crickets and feeling the … Continue reading
Effects
Written for: Poetic Asides #410 Write a weather poem. Now more than ever, no one can predict with certainty the weather of a region to follow old rules. Warm weather areas turn cool. Cold climates have now warmed. Day will … Continue reading
Summer Shadorma
Written for: Quickly #21 Write a summer day Out at lunch in Battery Park musicians, sunbathers, slices of sun through trees. Please let this hour last. https://imprompt.wordpress.com/2017/01/21/qkj-21/
