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Battles Within
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Quatern (posted by Donna Matthews) This poem has 16 lines broken up into 4 quatrains (or 4-line stanzas). Each line is comprised of eight syllables. The first line is the refrain. In the … Continue reading
I’m Dreaming
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet – Holiday Haibun Use a holiday song “Stepping away from the banquet table, one of the next telling highlights of the holiday season can be found in the music and sounds we hear. … Continue reading
Worth A Chance
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #100: “Abacadabra! Where’s My Magic Wand?” – (posted by Linda Lee Lyberg) “With all the craziness going on around the entire world with COVID-19, I thought we might enjoy a little diversion into … Continue reading
“down a well”
Written for: The Twiglets #160 – “down a well” Mel fell down a well not too swell came under spell of witch named Nell. He yelled and yelled but bell did knell. If you climbed down a wishing well, … Continue reading
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I Wish To Be A Fish
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet: Free Form Write in any form you wish. I sometimes wish I were a vibrant fish in rainbow colors. I could dart thought water in style, forward and backward. If tired, I’d perch … Continue reading
Kid Parties
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #250 – “We Are A Wild Party” “So, in the most simplest of terms, write a “Party” poem. You may be celebrating a holiday or an anniversary. You could be writing of a “party … Continue reading
Visions
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #237 – Motivation: Perspective Today, we look at the idea of perspective as a motivation. As poets, we can all look at a scene or situation and compose many different views of what we … Continue reading
New Year Cheer
Written for: Poetic Blomings2 – Prompt #228 – “Toasted” We come upon the end of another year. The celebratory nature of New Years Eve (Hogmanay, thanks to Poet McIllwain; the last day of the year in Scotland) has us reveling … Continue reading
Stolen Wishes
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #327 Words: twist, still, stolen, stream, wish, stand, ring, amble, trim, simple, puzzle, prize You stole my simple wishes. Your stream of twisted words rang in my head like a siren. Still, you stand … Continue reading
Stars
Written for: The Twiglets – “like stars” Her eyes are like blue-silver stars. Some like movie stars, some like Star Wars, and some like starfish. I like stars that fill my night, with glittery dreams. Like the stars predicted, he … Continue reading
