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Treasures of the Seasons
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub (posted by Grace Poetry Form: Traditional Mongolian Meter “The elements of Traditional Mongolian Meter are: 1. written in any number of quatrains. 2. syllabic, usually 7 to 8 syllables. 3. head rhymed. Technically, head rhyme … Continue reading
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Tagged color, ocean, scents, Seasons, spices, Traditional Mongolian Meter form, trees
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Loopies
Written for: dVerse Poetry Pub – Poetry Form: Loop Poetry (posted by Grace) “Loop Poetry is a poetry form created by Hellon. There are no restrictions on the number of stanzas nor on the syllable count for each line. In … Continue reading
Warning
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #153: Out of the Meadow’s Browse (posted by Linda Lyberg) “I was recently reading Owls and Other Fantasies, by Mary Oliver and came across a lovely poem that inspired me to use the … Continue reading
“the wind rattles”
Written for: The Twiglets #277 – the wind rattles Rain rattles old window panes in wooden frames Out in the desert wind storms whirl. Scent of smoke leaves people rattled. brisk april wind rattles branches of cherry trees petals fall … Continue reading
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Tagged Haiku, limerick, Micro-poetry, rain, rattlesnake, storm, trees
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Perfect Picnic Spot
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Use the words, willow, line, and forget in a poem.” From their picnic spot on a knoll, they spy a line of weeping willows, heads … Continue reading
Surprise
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #356 Left of Center, Right “Write one. A left poem, a center or middle poem or a right poem. Left Out to Dry. Stuck in the middle. Right Kind of Wrong. You know where … Continue reading
My Log Cabin
Written for dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Outside Looking In (posted by Laura Bloomsbury) ” -conjure an imaginary house of any size, any place, any age -fill it with an imaginary person/people past or present, or ghosts, or leave it … Continue reading
A Cento of Nature
Written for: April 2021 PAD Challenge – Day 22 “Write a nature poem.” Hope is the thing with feathers who moves his soft velvety head. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air call to you, harsh and … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, Cento form, flowers, trees, waterfalls, Written for Challenge
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One With Nature
Written for: Sunday Muse #138 I am a facelost in a cloudwhose mist befogstops of evergreenslike white smokemountains. http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/
Revisiting A Childhood Memory
Written for: Sunday Muse #137 That old cabin of his childhood– now an ashy frame of forgotten time. Without windows, he could see clear through to the back. Trees were twisted as if they had given up. A pale sun … Continue reading
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Tagged cabin, childhood home, owl, rundown, trees, Written from Art
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