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Dark Winter’s End

Posted on March 30, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Opening Sentences of Famous Novels (posted by Lynda Lee Lyberg) “Below are the sentences, with the Author and book title. Please reference which sentence you chose, either as an epigraph or author’s note.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged country, destruction, Inspired by a first line quote, Peace, sun, Winter | 12 Comments

Frozen Feet

Posted on March 3, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: March Wind Ekphrastic (posted by Merril) “Since March is often very windy, and since we haven’t had an ekphrastic prompt in a while, I thought paintings of wind would make a good prompt. … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged March, sun, wash, wind, Written from Art | 14 Comments

Casting Blues

Posted on May 26, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Write a poem based upon this picture.” Casts hues of blues over building and river where ferry boats dock, awaiting passengers at end of working day. Glaring afternoon gold-rimmed … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged afternoon, blues, clouds, ferry boats, sun, Written from Art | 4 Comments

Pattern

Posted on January 31, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #145 (posted by Chrissa) late afternoon sun pattern of writing on snow filters through the trees http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged forest, Haiku, snow, sun, Written from Art | 23 Comments

Worshipping Flower

Posted on January 15, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub-Meeting The Bar: Personification and Imagery (posted by Grace) “Personification A figure of speech in which the poet describes an abstraction, a thing, or a nonhuman form as if it were a person. When inanimate objects, … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Dance, personification, sun, sunflower, velvet eye | 26 Comments

New Adventure

Posted on October 23, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub Meeting The Bar: Let Your Words Ring Out (posted by Peter Franks) “Write a poem with focus on sounds.” She steps over jagged jewels fronting the sea. Climbs on clumsy feet, shaking the sails of … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged adventure, boat, older woman, Sounds, sun | 14 Comments

Pondering Moon

Posted on April 6, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #450 Words: battle, spread, moon, orange, curve, carve, sad, home, free, lives, lies, states As an opulent orange sun sets, a lemon-drop moon spreads light across the sky. Inside the curve, face of moon … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged concern, moon, sadness, sun, Wordle | 4 Comments

February Reprieve

Posted on February 28, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Meeting The Bar: “Almost a Triolet” (posted by Frank H.) “This is Frank Hubeny and the challenge for the next two days is to write a triolet or a poem that closely resembles a … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged boardwalk, February, gift, sun, triolet form | 20 Comments

Sunflower

Posted on February 20, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub –Poetics : To Be A Flower (posted by Linda Lee Lyberg) “Think about what flower you most identify with or is your favorite. Write a poem from the perspective of that flower.” Awkward and gangly … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged flower, seeds, sun | 7 Comments

renga with beach diamonds

Posted on February 9, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #114 Renga With … beach diamonds “This weekend I love to challenge you to create a Renga with several haiku poets. Your task is to add the two-lined stanza towards it. You can choose … Continue reading →