Tag Archives: wine

A Cozy Night of Un-Zooming

Posted on December 4, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Prompt – MTB: In the end is my beginning (posted by Laura Bloomsbury) “– take the very last/final line from each of your most recent poems and re-write them as a poem – choose at least … Continue reading →

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A Fine Repast

Posted on May 11, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Bon Appétit Food Poetry (Guest Host: Misky) “Let’s play with our food. Our favourite food. Or treat. Breakfast? Lunch? If this was your last meal – what would you want on your plate. Is … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged choices, dessert, dinner, specials, wine | 10 Comments

Accidents After Death

Posted on November 7, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #185 Oh my! Just a smidgeon of poison. He is gone, but now I am left with five glasses. Might have to buy six new ones. What a bother to clean up this mess. Well, he … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged death, glasses, poison, wine, Written from Art | 25 Comments

A Night Long Ago

Posted on October 5, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #137: Throwing Poem Stones. (posted by WhimsyGizmo) “Today, I want us to make a little Stone (Poem) Soup. “Carve us a poem out of the word stone.” Wild weed and Mateus wine. Stoned. … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged music, quadrille form, weed, wine, younger years | 18 Comments

we have more

Posted on February 17, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #124 – “we have more” We have more vaccine coming in next week. Sorry, no appointments are available, but we have more vaccine coming in next week. No more wine left? No, but I know where … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged comic, Haiku, limerick, Micro-poetry, peonies, supplies, vaccine, wine | 8 Comments

“hung from pegs”

Posted on January 13, 2021 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Twiglets #209 – “hung from pegs” The coat hung askew on a peg. Aging yellowed photographs pegged to a wall backpack hung by strap heaviness putting a strain on the wooden peg He was a braggart through … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged coat, Haiku, limerick, Micro-poetry, photos, strain, wine | 7 Comments

Cola Crash

Posted on October 18, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #477 Words: bend, tabs, hands, sting, frilly, spill, skin, scar, call, list, spread, gel Tab is gone, off the list–no more spills of sodium saccharin-packed cola. Some are scarred, bent out of shape by this … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged artificial, Ice tea, soda, wine, Wordle | 2 Comments

Growing Years

Posted on June 13, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration: Dandelion Whine Use the cliché “growing like a weed” as a refrain in a poem. That string bean just shot up this past summer, Selma. Why, the girl is taller than me. … Continue reading →

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Spirit Living In Spirits

Posted on April 12, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides April 2020 PAD Challenge – Day 12 Write a spirit poem. Bottles sport spirits both dark and light. If a true spirit lives inside, is is probably hiding– a juiced genie incapable of granting wishes. Mostly, … Continue reading →

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Taste of Summer

Posted on June 20, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Poetic Asides #485 “Write a summer poem.” My skin sweats salt in summertime. Ocean cools leaving salt scent there. A season to sip chilled white wine. My skin sweats salt in summertime. I feel sensuous and sublime. With … Continue reading →