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Serenity In Blue

Posted on August 20, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet: Endecha The endecha is a 16th-century Spanish poetic form with the following guidelines: Quatrain (or four-line) poem (or stanzas). Rhyme scheme: abcb Seven syllables per line for lines one, two, and three. Line … Continue reading →

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Sauna Air

Posted on July 29, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – July Covid-19 P.A.D. – Day 28 After The Workshop “YOUR FITNESS REGIMEN IS OVER FOR THIS POEM-A-DAY EXERCISE. HIT THE SAUNA. HIT THE SHOWERS. WRITE A STEAMY POEM. WRITE A SHOWERY POEM.” The sauna air … Continue reading →

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Chuck That Umbrella

Posted on July 28, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – July Covid-19 P.A.D. – Day 27 Everything Is Beachy “Here’s a batch of “Beachy Things”. Incorporate as many of them into you poem!” SAND, GULLS, WIND, WAVES, SWIMMERS, SUN, LOTION, PAIL AND SHOVEL BEACH BALLS, … Continue reading →

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Ocean Opera

Posted on July 4, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – July Covid-19 PAD – Day 3 – “A Day At The Beach” What can you hear?  We are looking for poems about the sounds heard at lake/ocean side. Sand shushes next to my blanket– quick … Continue reading →

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Sea Dreaming

Posted on January 23, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poets and Storytellers United (posted by Sanaa) Weekly Scribblings #3 – Salt-water poems “Write inspired by the sea.” Sit at sea’s edge, wait for a whale-wave to roar over my head, covering me in white bubbles of foamy … Continue reading →

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Apart

Posted on May 12, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – “Just One Word” – “Apart” (posted by Marian) Ocean waves single then double, sidling like a crab.  How will they meet at the shore? http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/

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sanctuary

Posted on May 11, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1657 Tan Renga Challenge May 2019 (4) Ocean Sanctuary The goal of TRC is to complete or continue a given haiku (3-lined verse) by adding a 2-lined stanza through association on the scenes / images in … Continue reading →

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lace

Posted on February 18, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1603 Tan Renga Challenge Month 2019 (8) sunday morning sunday morning all the waves in white kneeling on the beach                         © Jane Reichhold (1937-2016) fine … Continue reading →

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frozen cliffs – renga with Jane

Posted on February 4, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1594 Cliffs … Renga With Jane Reichhold “Today I have another nice modern kigo extracted from her modern saijiki. That kigo has a little sad taste, because I have chosen for the modern kigo “cliffs” and … Continue reading →

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Chair of Waves

Posted on December 10, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  The Sunday Muse #33 From my chair of waves, I spot patches of early snow, on mountain tops. Where are you? Clouds of angel white wear underbellies of ghostly gray.  I keep watch. Where are you? Choreographed blackbirds dance … Continue reading →

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