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Music in her Soul

Posted on March 13, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl – Wordle #596 Words: broken, powers, normal, room, call, music, church, hand, shaking, black, trial, star Learned her music in church. She said it was her calling. Now she is a star. At first her … Continue reading →

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Bellorina

Posted on October 18, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #162′ For whom the bell tolls (posted by Kim881) “Today I’d like you to take any meaning or form of the word bell and write a poem of exactly 44 words (not counting … Continue reading →

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Dreams of a Wannabe Singer

Posted on July 14, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #394 I’m With the Band “We all have music in us! In some respects, we are our own best instrument. Maybe you play one well or not so much, or maybe you’d like to … Continue reading →

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Laura

Posted on December 20, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #139 – Laura Nyro One lucky summer night my friend and I, both lovers of Laura Nyro’s music, sat in Central Park, and thrilled to the sounds of Laura at the piano, eight months pregnant, in … Continue reading →

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“a bookish day”

Posted on July 15, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  the Twiglets #185 – “a bookish day” A lazy rain silvered slowly to the ground. It was a bookish day. Little girl looked forward to Read-Aloud Day with her favorite teacher. She loved bookish days. displaces fearful thoughts … Continue reading →

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Wannabe Singer

Posted on November 5, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #376 Words:  pitch, promising, machine, sing, strand, fly, stick, journey, light, miss, years, talk Like ya pitch, kid, might have a promisin’ singin’ career. Takes years of practice, though– a journey ya might say. … Continue reading →

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