Tag Archives: Tales

Grandma Jenny

Posted on January 26, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Grandmothers . . . (posted by sarahsouthwest) ” . . . write about grannies. Those older women who support us and nurture us. The women who perhaps spoil us a little, but reserve … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged communication, grandma, kitchen, language barriers, Tales | 17 Comments

Myth of Childhood

Posted on September 9, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub (posted by Sanaa) Poetics: Dungeons & Derivatives “For today’s Poetics I invite you all to play a poetry game called, “Dungeons and Derivatives.” The idea here is to select one (from a list of eight … Continue reading →

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Tales Told

Posted on July 5, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #167 Half a shipwreck, no deck, no sailors, just a rusty chain hanging down among the stones where it washed ashore. Clouds impose their steely swirls onto this hulk. In Summer, we climbed up the sides, … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged children, colors, shipwreck, Tales, Written from Art | 17 Comments

Army Days

Posted on May 25, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #291 – “Memorial Day” “Use Memorial Day to spark your poem.” World War Two hastened my father to enlist– army man. He never spoke of horrors, not to his children, only tales of pranks … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Army, double shadorma, father, Memorial Day, Tales, war | 3 Comments

Thinking of Souls

Posted on June 10, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #407 Words: messy, magic, exist, mantra, talk, way, vulnerable, struggle, soul, stories, lean, courage If the soul exists does it speak in mantras, or not talk in a recognizable way? I wonder if a … Continue reading →

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The Bee That Does Not Fit In

Posted on August 15, 2016 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads: Which Bee? For today’s Weekend Mini-Challenge, I invite you to share a bit of bee poetry… specifically, we will write poems that explore a moment in the life of one of the three … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Funny, insect, Tales, work | 6 Comments

The Trip

Posted on March 21, 2016 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #243 Words: tell, line, stand, source, atoms, born, journey, sky, cycle, still, stones, return You do not have to stand in line for the sky journey. Your source is the group of stones you have … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged imagination, sky, Tales, Wordle | 7 Comments

Greener on the Other Side of the Keyhole

Posted on January 29, 2016 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads: Keyhole Today’s challenge is to write from a keyhole perspective. It can be a glimpse on the inside or looking to the outside. One eye fills the keyhole, a beautiful day of greens … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Funny, imagination, Tales | 11 Comments

Monkey Puzzle Tree

Posted on October 18, 2014 by purplepeninportland

Written for Poets United, Midweek Motif~Tree(s) Tree(s): What was/is a tree to you? Is there one you miss or wish to meet someday? I want to see those tangled branches of the monkey puzzle tree. The name fascinates me. … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged animals, Tales, tree | 10 Comments

The Librarian

Posted on October 10, 2014 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Red Wolf Poems, We Wordle #28 words: illumination, October, stranger, mud-streaked, library 1) passage of time – perhaps have the character speaking in childhood or youth in part one; and then speaking as an older person in part … Continue reading →