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Meeting His Parents
Written for: Onewomansquest (VJ) – Challenge #120: Frivolous She did not want to appear frivolous to her fiancee’s family. She knew her laugh was higher pitched than most, but if she stifled it, she might seem to be choking. Her … Continue reading
Luminous
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Weekend Mini-Challenge Just One Word: Burnished (posted by Marian) Luminous in the window of the jeweler’s at night. She stops in front to gaze. A pair of burnished earrings for which she’ll … Continue reading
Odd Child Out
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads: (posted by Marian) Just One Word: Gormless Me again, Toads! Just one word to inspire your poems this weekend: gormless Dunce cap in corner under blackboard of chalked letters and numbers which all … Continue reading
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Tagged cruelty, misunderstood, punishment, School, Written from one word
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sensation
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads -Weekend Mini-Challenge (posted by Marian) – Just One Word: Sensation BE INSPIRED * WRITE * SHARE will he throw his hat with sensational magic into the ring http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/
Learning How Hard Life Can Be
Written for: Poetic Asides #449 “For today’s prompt, take the phrase “Learning (blank),” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles might include: “Learning … Continue reading
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Tagged Age, family, Friends, uncertainty, Written from one word
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Toolman
Written for: Poetic Asides #426 – Write a ‘super’ poem. Super of building hard worker with big smile. At night, he changes clothes, becomes Toolman no job small or big will defeat him. When he’s changed, he is hammer, wrench, … Continue reading
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Tagged cinquain, imagination, superhero, tools, Written from one word
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Rebounded
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #48 – “bounce” (posted by WhimsyGizmo) Watch her bounce, she’s a tramp -oline’s nightmare. Up in air, winged hair–grinning, spinning like a top–landing on her feet. She will not break down. Though she … Continue reading
Black and White Dreams
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #38 (posted by Whimsygizmo) Today, I want us to DREAM together. We called it Tar Beach. If you could reach the roof, tar was your sand, rooftops, your ocean. Superman was a possibility. … Continue reading
Variety
Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Unity Bring diverse or disparate entities into unity. “We are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond.” ― Gwendolyn Brooks If a group of ethnically diverse musicians … Continue reading
Bliss
Written for: dVerse Poets – Quadrille #23 (posted by Bjorn) The word is curl. As you might have seen we love words that can be used as noun and verbs. You might want to use it as an adjective (curly), … Continue reading
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