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The Audition
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #602 Words: rising, willing, seven, bodies, granted, risk, yearn, gender, name, dancing, live, build They lined up for the audition– seven girls with beautiful bodies. they were willing to risk anything to become rising … Continue reading
Around That Corner
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #577 Words: breath, trust, thought, willow, ego, focus, forgive, kind, guard, pot, yourself, end When you thought that you could no longer focus on trust or forgive its crushing disillusionment, despondency put you on … Continue reading
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Tagged disillusioned, fed up, hardness, opportunity, surprise, Wordle
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Woman
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #558 Words: plant, blood, slice, love, womb, screams, downstream, flesh, rose, eggs, pins, burns Planting his feet firmly, he tries to pin her down, make a decision. She wants to scream. It is a … Continue reading
Sounds of a Summer Evening
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – MTB with dissonance (posted by Bjorn) “Poets usually strive to make a poem easy and pleasant to read, and often those tools are based on vocal harmonies, through the meter, rhyme, assonance, or consonance. … Continue reading
“boxed relics”
Written for: The Twiglets #251 – “boxed relics” Box discovered in Mom’s closet held treasured photos and letters from Dad. Wish I knew what became of a box containing a braid of my hair. she smiles as wooden box is … Continue reading
Love Move
Written for: Poetic Asides PAD November Challenge – Day 2 “Write an unexpected poem.” A man moved from northern Alaska sans girlfriend, although he had asked her. Retired and comfy he still missed his honey ’til she showed up one … Continue reading
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Tagged limerick, moving, surprise, Written for Challenge
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“jampots and butter”
Written for: The Twiglets – “jampots & butter” Well butter me up and slather me with jam– haven’t seen you in ages! I am a blackberry jampot thick and fragrant, looking for spot. A creamy soft butter would make my … Continue reading
Stuck On A Bus
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #262 – “Where’d The Car Go? “As long as we’re reminiscing, think back (for some of us, WAY back) to the first time you drove a car (not ride in a car as a … Continue reading
Mallomar Mania
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – July 1 – P.E.O.D (poem every other day) Memoir Chapbook Challenge – “Laugh, Laugh” “We find humor in the strangest places. And what makes me laugh may be different from what amuses you! It is … Continue reading
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Tagged cookies, Dad, expression, laughter, surprise
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