Tag Archives: Written from Art

My One True Thing

Posted on January 29, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Muse #244 Not budging. There is nothing familiar around me anymore. You have taken it all, sold it all. No matter where we have to live, I must have this piano with me. If you take … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged loss, piano, Written from Art, young girl | Leave a comment

A Dream Out of Reach

Posted on January 22, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: The Sunday Muse #243 Only the moon would do. She stretched her star-filled blue-heavens dress, blotting out all the world happening below. She’d show them. First to capture moonlight. And so, life went on all around her glittering … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged imagination, missing, moon, over-extending, Written from Art | 18 Comments

Blue Life Woman

Posted on January 16, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #242 She wears the color of her mind and heart. Were her expectations too great? No smile for the miles she has traveled in her head. She looks down into an abyss, a pit of pitch … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged blue, edge, woman, Written from Art | 9 Comments

Serving The Moon

Posted on January 8, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #241 Theme: Reflections Dish me up a blue lunette. Jet me there with mere imagination. Complement with silvery stars, and deep cobalt feathery flowers. What a dish! http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged blue moon, reflections, Written from Art | 22 Comments

Soulmates In White

Posted on December 11, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #239 We are soulmates, you and me. I in my white dress, you in your white fur. We rub noses in display of affection. Our verdant forest is where we choose to stay. Away from those … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged dog, forest, soulmates, white, woman, Written from Art | 21 Comments

Path of Moonlight

Posted on November 22, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #237 Down cobblestone streets whose curbs contain remnants of snow–a shining white glow under a ball of red blood moon–he treads, briefcase in hand. With street lamps unlit, he walks along white chalk divider. In nature’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged blood moon, snow, walking, white chalk, Written from Art | 14 Comments

What the Shelter Holds

Posted on November 6, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #235 Homeless man, blue veins prominent on cold fingers. He lingers in cave-like space, his face hidden under lid of a cardboard box. A frightened baby bird of lemon hue seeks shelter on the man’s thigh. … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged bird, homeless, man, shelter, Written from Art | 20 Comments

Contemplation

Posted on October 30, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #234 Magical Fine Art Portrait Photography by T. J. Drysdale A tentative step in indigo waters rushing backwards like a film of her life. She contemplates turning back into the dark blue-black ink. Will it make … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged darkness, uncertainty, water, Written from Art | 23 Comments

White World

Posted on October 17, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #232 Hope these black beach stones do not bother your hooves. We are on a journey clothed in white, unseen against the rising waves. Look at how your mane rises, royalty in the ocean breeze. You … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged Home, journey, travelers, white, Written from Art | 8 Comments

Stairs to Nowhere

Posted on October 2, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Sunday Muse #230 I wear an invisible helmet of stairs. You cannot see them when I walk or stand still, yet they weigh heavily on my brain– whirling, dizzying reminders of all the endless winding paths I have … Continue reading →