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Chilly Hot Dog
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Writers’ Pantry #52 – “The pantry is now open for business. “Share your words old and new, fiction or non-fiction, poetry or prose.” (posted by Rommy) Click! Heat is coming on. One joyful dog’s … Continue reading
Warmth At The Inn
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #118 “inglenook” (posted by Linda Lee Lyberg) “Today is Monday and that means it’s time for dVerse’s own creation- the Quadrille. For those of you new to dVerse, the quadrille is a 44 … Continue reading
Drear
Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #484 Words: wall, narrow, throw, hold, want, tape, morning, lead, black, stories, after, small An ominous lead sky de-joyed the morning. After holding back, rain railed against the narrow windows while out in its midst, … Continue reading
Intimate Group
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #313 – Gathering “Our gathering (if we’re able to gather at all) will be something else all together. Can you imagine Thanksgiving or our gathering in that dynamic? So as a twist (see?), we … Continue reading
Fierce Heat
Written for: Sunday Muse #133 The warmth of you heart cannot be touched by the iciness of the world. http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/
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Tagged American Sentence form, iciness, warmth, Written from Art
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Homeless Child
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration It’s Tragic! Write this poem: “The greatest tragedy is –––––––––” A child is left alone scared, hungry. You look at her and wonder how this can be. You bemoan– she looks young, … Continue reading
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Tagged child, family, fear, homeless, hunger, Tri-Fall form, warmth
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Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #299 – A House Is Not A Home We are writing about a house or a home. It could be a house we live(d) in, a house we wished was ours, a supposed haunted … Continue reading
My Perching Friend
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration – Point of View THERE’S A BIRD PERCHED ON A BRANCH HIGH IN A TREE. WRITE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE BRANCH. This sharp-clawed beauty perches precariously on the end of me. … Continue reading
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Tagged beautiful, bird, different point of view, favorite, song, tree limb, warmth
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Seasonal Affects
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet: Sonnet “Today we revisit an old classic – the Sonnet! The SONNET is a poem that consists of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite … Continue reading
Feel the Glow
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #268 – “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” ‘Write a warm poem. Stir the hearth and send it my way. It will be greatly appreciated. “ Come on in! You are shivering. Warm yourself. Take off … Continue reading
