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Four Years

Posted on February 3, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: One Woman’s Quest II VJ’s Weekly Challenge – Repercussions Four years of fear, watchful eyes and ears. All the truths we thought we knew, shatter into lies, and hatred. We wait, bated breath. Can we heal, unify, feel … Continue reading →

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Your Life

Posted on February 1, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #323 Playing Favorites #6 ‘“Playing Favorites” is as simple as choosing a favorite poet/poem (world famous or just famous in our own little garden) and picking a line or title of one of their … Continue reading →

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Lose The Smirk, Get To Work

Posted on September 25, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Meeting The Bar: Protest Poetry (posted by Grace) “Write a Protest Poem with a theme (e.g. voting, social justice, peace & war, violence, women’s rights, human rights, environment, pandemic, etc) in your blog. This … Continue reading →

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How Truth Feels

Posted on October 3, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poets United Midweek Motif~Truth  (in honor of Gandhi’s birthday) Your Challenge: Write a new poem in which readers can experience truth in action. (posted by Susan) There is a problem when a person tells so many convenient lies, … Continue reading →

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truth, art

Posted on July 24, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  the Twiglets #136 – “truth is art” Art is not necessarily truth. Sometimes life imitates art filling it with vigor and vibrance, or dragging it down to a low place of death. Truth is a perfect clear water … Continue reading →

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Substitute Truth for Lies

Posted on March 4, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #393 Words:  smug, memo, truth, corrupt, delete, mock, catch, hope, note, born, fire, liar Catch that smug-born liar, and memo him the truth. Send a note, and hope it will set a fire under … Continue reading →

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If Truth Were Tangible

Posted on May 31, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poets United Midweek Motif~Truth If truth were a color would it be the golden light of sun, moss green of Mother Earth, or true blue as a loyal friend? In the end, if you see these hues, they … Continue reading →

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underneath

Posted on April 2, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Carpe Diem 1398 – Purity  (Rumi) Purity: A certain Sufi tore his robe in grief, and the tearing brought such relief he gave the robe the name faraji, which means ripped open, or happiness, or one who brings the … Continue reading →

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This Poem Is A Rumor

Posted on January 2, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #332 Words:  light, nothing, ditch, vine, mighty, silver, boil, lost, tell, middle, rumors, seams This poem is a rumor, a whisper of light and loss traveling up silver-seamed vines, growing from nothing but colored … Continue reading →

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What??

Posted on September 21, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poetic Asides #411 – Write an information poem.  The poem could be about delivering information, sifting through information, or receiving information. But remember: Not all information is created equal. And not all of it is reliable. And some … Continue reading →

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