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Follow Stardust Dancing
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #584 Words: stony, stroke, star, follow, scan, body, goddess, slip, grow, dust, moonshine Follow stardust dancing over a moon shining steadily across body of darkened sky. Hear the soft song of a goddess slip … Continue reading
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Tagged imagination, moon, path, song, stardust, Wordle
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Hearts Lifted In Song
Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #545 Words: lilt rise, unrelenting, scarce, wicked, sing, free, power, spirit, rubble, homes, explosion They sing with a lilt, voices lifted in spirit– rising, unrelenting– to keep their free land free of wickedness. Their power, … Continue reading
The Same Eyes
Written for: Sunday Muse #173 We have the same eyes, my little friend. I sing, and play to soothe the poor villagers. You cuddle up with them, and they feel loved. We each have our jobs to fulfill. http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/
They Call It Love
Written for: April 2021 PAD – Day 20 “Write a love and/or anti-love poem.” this idea of love their eyes fixed on each other heartbeats like bass drum tune often heard together now they have a secret song https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-april-pad-challenge-day-20
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Tagged beginning, Love, song, tanka, Written for Challenge
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Birds’ World
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #65: Bird is the word Shape your words around a particular bird or birds in general. (posted by Rommy) To wake to sounds of bird chatter you know it must be Spring. … Continue reading
“o solo mio”
Written for: The Twiglets #204 – o solo mio “o solo mio,” I said in best Italian accent. No answer. Ask Stevie Wonder for deeper understanding. o solo mio echoes from a gondola a kiss in Venice A gondolier sang … Continue reading
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Tagged feud, Haiku, kiss, limerick, Micro-poetry, song, sunshine, unreciprocated
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“hanging on an echo”
Written for: The Twiglets #199 – “hanging on an echo” On hot summer nights corner a cappella groups kept me hanging on an echo. Was that a scream he heard, reverberating through the woods? He cupped his hands trying to … Continue reading
Moon Music
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday – 09.28.20 to the Moon! (posted by Frank Tassone) “Let’s celebrate the Moon! Additionally, the Moon is a traditional Autumn kigo, those seasonal words so important to haiku. There are kigo for … Continue reading
Off Trail
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #461 Words: smoke, yearning, current, birdsong, trail, camp, chop, vapor, monarch, mountain, twist, chill Off trail. We set up camp, yearning for crackling sounds of a fire burning. Chill in the air, as we look … Continue reading
Notes of a Nightingale
Written for: Blogging From A to Z – “N” A warm brown hue, ringed dark eyes, the nightingale will seeing to you in loud, whistling crescendo. Single males tend to sing during night, in hopes of attracting a mate. Nightingales … Continue reading
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