Tag Archives: technology

“turning page”

Posted on June 22, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #284 – turning page Last page left to turn saddens me– end of book Autumn leaves turning are the pages of a tree. child’s delight rapidly turning pages to her favorite part Remember when everyone had … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow is Today

Posted on February 26, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics:  Impermanence  (posted by Merrill) “About a week ago, on a windy day, the sky seemed to change every few minutes. Rain to clearing to grey clouds to sunshine. It struck me not just … Continue reading →

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How To Refresh

Posted on March 16, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poetic Asides #431 – Write a refresh poem. Did not close down properly– refresh the page Aw Snap! Something went wrong– refresh the page Clear your cache and cookies– refresh the page Get off iPad, slam it closed– … Continue reading →

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Nature’s Constant

Posted on May 22, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads:  Weekend Challenge – The News (posted by Brendan) The amount of news we are now confronted with is immense. In 2011, information scientists deduced that Americans took in five times as much information … Continue reading →

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Feathered Quill

Posted on January 15, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Quickly #14 Someone has given you a fine pen. Feathered quill finely tipped pot of purple ink sitting on my window sill for I am ill equipped to and dip and blot, I think. https://imprompt.wordpress.com/2017/01/14/qkj-14/

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If I Can’t Have Wings . . .

Posted on December 8, 2016 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poets United Midweek Motif~Aviation Write from the point of view of someone looking out the window of a flying machine. “Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.” ~ Henry David Thoreau … Continue reading →

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The Unskilled C.I.

Posted on November 6, 2016 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poetic Asides November 2016 Chapbook Challenge – Day 5 For today’s prompt, write a wire poem. A wire poem could be about something that needs wires–like maybe a robot, TV, or automobile. But birds huddle on telephone wires, … Continue reading →

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All The Bells and Whistles

Posted on November 11, 2015 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides November 2015 Challenge – Day 10 Two-for-Tuesday – Write a technology poem and/or an anti-technology poem. Cells, bells, drones, email, Instagram, Facebook. Digital scales and cameras, clocks with red lights. Green light-your computer sleeps, while you … Continue reading →

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Invasion

Posted on November 7, 2015 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poetic Asides November 2015 Challenge – Day 6 Write a “we are being watched” poem. Humankind has really created a bunch of, umm, interesting things over the past 150 years or so. Some of it has helped save … Continue reading →

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In a Flash

Posted on January 9, 2015 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  dVerse Poets, Art of Nick Gentry Reading, holding pages, and turning them slowly. A mind being built of soft storage, hardens. Hypnotic images flash, sometimes scroll by too fast to fathom. Rustling sounds slip away, leaving a series … Continue reading →

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