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White Wishes

Posted on September 1, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt “waterfall wishes” (posted by Devereaux and Beth) Waterfall wishes cascade in white tiers, a wedding cake, a salty tear. Was that what you wished for as you stood, eyes shut … Continue reading →

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“feels like Sunday”

Posted on August 4, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #238 – “feels like Sunday” Carvel should have their 2-for-1 sundaes on Sundays not Wednesdays. Shelves stocked with school supplies brings to mind how I hated Sunday nights. studies painting Saturday afternoon Sunday in the Park … Continue reading →

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Wedding Woes

Posted on April 29, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: April 2021 PAD Challenge – Day 28 Write a remix poem. Pick one of your poems and change format. Oh, preparations for a wedding so many details need attention. Kosher and Vegan dishes needed, Mo and Saul not … Continue reading →

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The Wedding

Posted on January 11, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #320 “Branching Out” “The branch can hold many connotations in nature (tree branch), everyday (bank branch), personal (genealogy – family tree, reaching to achieve). So this week we ask that you make that stretch … Continue reading →

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Observing A Wedding (Draft 1)

Posted on March 2, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Poetry Forms:  The Pantoum  (posted by Gina) “The pantoum is a poetic form derived from the pantun, a Malay verse form: specifically from the pantun berkait, a series of interwoven quatrains and rhyming couplets. … Continue reading →

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Wedding

Posted on May 7, 2016 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub-Meeting the Bar:  the Golden Shovel form Here are the rules, in a nutshell: – Take a line (or lines) from a poem you admire. – Use each word in the line(s) as an END word … Continue reading →

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Narrowing Focus Technique

Posted on March 9, 2016 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Carpe Diem Special #934, onions a morning of snow only the onions in the garden blaze the trail © Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold) This HWT is called Narrowing Focus and it was used often by Buson (1716-1784)) because, … Continue reading →

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