Tag Archives: statues

My View

Posted on April 10, 2022 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged color, leaves, Spring, statues, view, yard | 8 Comments

Garden Statues

Posted on August 19, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem Utabukuro, the poem-bag #1 – reintroduction: “a single tulip” It’s my pleasure to re-introduce to you a feature we had here at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. This feature is based on a haiku by Basho which … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Haiku, Inspired by another poem, moon, statues, Winter | 2 Comments

Garden Thoughts

Posted on May 30, 2016 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #253 Words: tawny, mad, plaster, mist, tassel, creep, vine, chill, trap, crack, diverse, lucid Chilled evening mist. She shrugs tawny shoulders, as her gaze falls on that silly statue of herself, cast from a … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged flowers, gardens, house, statues, woman, Wordle | 13 Comments

Family Assortment

Posted on April 16, 2016 by purplepeninportland

Written for: NaPoWriMo – Day 16 Today, I challenge you to fill out, in no more than five minutes, the following “Almanac Questionnaire,” which solicits concrete details about a specific place (real or imagined). Then write a poem incorporating or … Continue reading →