Tag Archives: Spring

Spring Acrostic

Posted on March 23, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: One Woman’s Quest II VJ’s Weekly Challenge – An acrostic of Spring Do A dance For green shoots Filling the ground with hope Of yellow buds to follow. Delight In season of Spring Let’s dance! https://onewomansquest.org/

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In The Garden

Posted on March 15, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 Prompt #329 – Head In A Cloud “Today we offer this flower cloud of words. And no better topic to explore in this garden than tending our garden. Use whatever words that move you and write … Continue reading →

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A Walk Across The Brooklyn Bridge

Posted on July 21, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – July Covid-19 P.A.D. – Day 20 “A Walk (blank) – “Complete title and write poem.” Sunny Spring breezes are pleasing company as we begin our walk from Brooklyn to Manhattan, snapping photos all the way. … Continue reading →

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Provisions of Mother Nature

Posted on April 25, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides April 2020 PAD Challenge – Day 24 Write a nature poem. I bubble into eddying bays, wandered lonely as a cloud of easy wind and downy flake, spreading sugar over lakes. April comes in like an … Continue reading →

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Sevenling . . . three robins

Posted on March 26, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides Countdown to Challenge: T-minus 7 – Write a short poem. For: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet – Sevenling “The first three lines should contain an element of three. It could be three connected or contrasting statements, … Continue reading →

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Spring haiku

Posted on March 19, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetics Aside Prompt 520 – Write a Spring poem. doubting daffodil raises one petaled ear to feel if spring is here https://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides

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Mars

Posted on March 4, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday – Mars (posted by Frank J. Tassone) “Write a haibun that references Mars” As a child, I was intrigued by Mars purely for the color–a red planet. If there were people living … Continue reading →

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cherry blossom renga

Posted on March 3, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem Tan Renga Wednesday (hineri) #15 Cherry Tree in Full Bloom “This week I will give you the second stanza, the two-lined one, of the Tan Renga. You have to create the first stanza, the three-lined (hokku), … Continue reading →

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Sighs of Spring

Posted on February 13, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet: Tanka “The Tanka is a Japanese poem of five lines. The first and third lines are composed of five syllables, and the others contain seven. In Japanese, tanka is often written in one … Continue reading →