Tag Archives: toys

In The Front Window

Posted on December 9, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #272 – Stopping to Window Shop “We’ve all found ourselves caught up in the practice of window shopping at least once in our lives. It is more apparent at this time of year, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on In The Front Window

Color Forms

Posted on November 19, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poetics Aside 2018 November PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 18 “For today’s prompt, pick a child’s toy, make that the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. It’s time to break out those dolls, action figures, … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Color Forms

Childhood Stuff

Posted on August 13, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Quickly Write a minute poem (60 syllables), 3 stanzas, each 4 lines.  First lines have 8 syllables, lines 2,3,4 have 4 syllables. I think of all my childhood toys metal slinky, wood tinker toys color form shapes Board … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Toys of Metal

Posted on March 14, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  dVerse Poets – Quadrille #28, spring    (posted by Kim) Spring can be a verb, meaning to leap, shoot up (or forth), come into being, appear, or grow. It can be a noun: water coming up out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , | 19 Comments

Posted on February 7, 2016 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Carpe Diem #911 Equilibrium/Balance Here on Carpe Diem Haiku we previously explored the notion of ‘balance’ ( or baransu) as a haiku technique. Let’s bring that technique back for your haiku today. Let’s see how you show that … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , | Comments Off on