Tag Archives: trees

Warning

Posted on May 31, 2022 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged giraffes, quadrille form, trees, warning | 17 Comments

“the wind rattles”

Posted on May 4, 2022 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Haiku, limerick, Micro-poetry, rain, rattlesnake, storm, trees | 7 Comments

Perfect Picnic Spot

Posted on March 30, 2022 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged picnic, scenery, trees, written from words | 1 Comment

Surprise

Posted on October 18, 2021 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged forest, Haiku, midst, proposal, trees | 2 Comments

My Log Cabin

Posted on August 13, 2021 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged animals, dreams, fireplace, log cabin, scent, trees | 6 Comments

A Cento of Nature

Posted on April 23, 2021 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged birds, Cento form, flowers, trees, waterfalls, Written for Challenge | Comments Off

One With Nature

Posted on December 14, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #138 I am a facelost in a cloudwhose mist befogstops of evergreenslike white smokemountains. http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged clouds, nature, trees, woman, Written from Art | 13 Comments

Revisiting A Childhood Memory

Posted on December 7, 2020 by purplepeninportland

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 →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged cabin, childhood home, owl, rundown, trees, Written from Art | 13 Comments

Endless Beauty

Posted on October 14, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Three Little Words (posted by (sarahsouthwest) “Choose one of the 3-word combinations, and write a poem 3-12 lines long.” field, memory, magic In my memory I slow-stepped fields, meandered meadows of magic color, trees … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged meadows, nature, trees, water, Written from three words | 14 Comments

What of Beauty

Posted on August 27, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet: Quatern A Quatern is a sixteen-line French form composed of four quatrains. – It is similar to the Kyrielle and the Retourne. – It has a refrain that revolves to a different place … Continue reading →