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Substitute A Smile
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #59: “Wait For It! (posted by Rommy) “Hello, Word Artists and Admirers! For this week’s prompt, I’m revisiting a favorite of mine, Hamilton. I’ve selected five lines from the musical to inspire … Continue reading
How To Happify A Dog
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – “In need of a happiness project?” (posted by Lillian for the Monday Quadrille) “So how about sitting down and creating a little happiness project of our own? You’ve got it: the word for our … Continue reading
Pandemic Dos and Don’ts
Written for: Writers’ Pantry #32: From Case Studies to Plague Poetry “How does one respond to a stranger who asks, “Can you recommend a good pandemic book?” “On Pantry day, you have to follow no prompt. Share poetry or prose … Continue reading
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet: RYŪKA The RYŪKA is an untitled poem usually consisting of four units (often treated as separate stand alone lines when romanized or translated) standardly with the following pattern of onji (sounds, syllables): 8-8-8-6, … Continue reading
Sight of Flowers
Written for: Poetics Aside #487 – Write a praise poem. “Praise the sun, praise the rain, praise the loud, praise the quiet. For every complaint we have, there is an equal and compelling praise. Find something (anything) to praise and … Continue reading
Rumination is Wasteful
Written for: Poetic Asides #486 – “Write a waste poem” Used to think my poor choices a waste of time I would never recoup. Then realized I’d learned from each sour taste. Used to think my poor choices a waste, … Continue reading
Man At the Highway
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Weekend Mini-Challenge “Portraiture” (posted by Kim) “Write a new poem, or revise an old one, which paints a portrait. It can be of someone you know or have known, a relative or … Continue reading
“one true light”
Written for: Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #1313 – (from Omar Khayyam) – One True Light And this I know: whether the one True Light, Kindle to Love, or Wrath consume me quite, One Glimpse of It within the Tavern caught Better than … Continue reading
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Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday: Kindness (posted by hayesspencer) Today the haibun is all about kindness. Plain and simple – kindness. We all could do with some kindness in this harsh world. So…Let’s have at it. “Whoever … Continue reading
Smile, Please
Written for: Carpe Diem #1205 Smile she smiles while planting her seeds in the stone hard soil smiling bowing and laughing compassion © Chèvrefeuille (our host) Here is my attempt: the yellow flowers purple faces grinning pansies in a pot … Continue reading
