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Shortest Season
Written for: April 2022 PAD Challenge – Day 16 “Write a touch poem.” Desperately searching for a sign of Spring, warm breeze caressing skin, hints of green. Crocus emerged with care, recedes in last fling of Winter’s whipping winds, still … Continue reading
My View
Written for: Friday Writings #21: What’s There “Your optional prompt today is to look and see what is present, in your surroundings and/or your heart, and write of that.” Dining room window looks out on backyard where bushes sprout red … Continue reading
Accomplishments of Spring
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #149, ‘Tis the Season (posted by msjadeli) “Pen a poem including some form of the word, ‘season'”. Almost post-pandemic, the season of Spring dares to peep out of hiding, painting flowers, trees, and … Continue reading
In The Zephyrs of Spring
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe Tuesday Writing Prompt: “whisper through me” (posted by Devereaux and Beth) As the zephyrs of Spring tickle my neck and tease my arms, I sense a bee-buzz of anticipation around my head like a … Continue reading
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Tagged breath, memories, Spring, whisper, written from words
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Picnic in Park
Written for: One Woman’s Quest II VJ’s Weekly Challenge “I have this fantasy, that we all meet – money and COVID not being an issue. I ponder the how and where, imagining animated conversations and unexpected bondings. Won’t you join … Continue reading
Spring Acrostic
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/
In The Garden
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
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
Provisions of Mother Nature
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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Tagged Cento form, Spring, Winter, Written for Challenge, written from other poets
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Sevenling . . . three robins
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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Tagged animals, flowers, hope, Sevenling, short poems, Spring, trees
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