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Middle of the Street
Written for: November 2022 PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 9 “For today’s prompt, take the phrase “(blank) of the (blank),” replace the blanks with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write … Continue reading
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Tagged drunk driver, Haibun, tragedy, woman, Written for Challenge
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Struggling To Find The Light
Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #427 Words: ask, crime, salt, conduct, side, light, probe, chime, dime, hands, struggle, design Ask them how it is. Struggle to bring light back into their lives. Turn of a dime, ring of a chime, … Continue reading
Witness, Survivor
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Remembering September 11, 2001 “Post a remembrance poem for 9-11. Whether it’s an old poem you had written then, or a new tribute written for this prompt, post it or as many as you’d wish. … Continue reading
For Love Of A Daughter
Written for: Poetic Asides 2018 November PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 16 “For today’s prompt, write a brave poem. There are many instances of bravery each and every day. For some, bravery is running into a burning building to save … Continue reading
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Tagged fire, rescue, terza rima form, tragedy, Written for Challenge
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Blind Eye
Written for: Poetics Aside #456 – Write a tragic poem. fish die animals starve people are bombed blind eye losing allies gaining dictators crimes against humanity blind eye opioid use intensifies black men are profiled justice has turned a blind … Continue reading
Witness, Survivor
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2, #211 – “And I Quote” – Installment 1 Today’s quote: “If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.” ~Edgar Allan Poe You are asked to … Continue reading
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Tagged forgetting, personal, remembering, tragedy, wish, written from a quote
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Love Cut Short
Written for: Poetics Aside 2018 April PAD Challenge – Day 17 Two-for-Tuesday – Write a love/anti-love poem. She was the only true love of his life, never a question–they belonged together. In their youth, she was sure she’d become his … Continue reading
Stopped Short
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #319 Words: crime, deliver, shine, gasping, feed, injure, see, chime, sing, tilt, argue, begin A budding career stopped short. No longer will she deliver songs to her audience. See, she was injured, left gasping … Continue reading
Power Unleashed
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Weekend Mini-Challenge: Juice (posted by Brendan MacOdrum) For this challenge, write a poem about power in your life and the world. Write about family or creativity or instinct, plugging in or playing … Continue reading
Tragedy
Written for: Poetic Asides November Chapbook Challenge – Day 10 For today’s prompt, write a tragic poem. Two courses of action here: Write a poem that is heavy, or write a poem that is light. Or write a poem that … Continue reading
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