Tag Archives: Poetry

Where I Come From

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

For Miz Quickly’s Impromptu Poetry Day 30: 30 http://imprompt.wordpress.com/ Where I Come From Why work so hard to be good at something no one else really cares about? Why spend hours, sometimes days and weeks, to tweak ordinary thought into … Continue reading →

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Only An Attempted Wordle Murder

Posted on August 19, 2012 by

For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #70 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ Only An Attempted Wordle Murder Won’t you celebrate with me these words I am tipping, affixing onto this page? What I have shaped from only hinted at, tinted experiences in prelude of childhood. … Continue reading →

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Midnight Recipe

Posted on June 17, 2012 by

For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #61 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ Midnight Recipe Amaretto and orange juice, blended with splash of sour, tempers midnight hour at end of hectic day. Soft click of latch closes out current draft at cracked window, while eliminating all … Continue reading →

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You Never Forget That First Time

Posted on June 10, 2012 by

For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #60 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ You Never Forget That First Time No more than trembling vessel of nerves, wrestling deepest desire to run, but knowing time has come, bluffs her way onto makeshift stage. Mind, a muddied stain, … Continue reading →

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Still Possibilities

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

For Sunday Whirl: Wordle #55 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ This week’s words are: cobalt, align, hook, vibrate, print, grind, contrast, emerging, chance, clear, dot, wink. Still Possibilities Printed words of old poems stored in files emerge like cobalt blue hook tied to vibrating … Continue reading →

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All Hallow’s Eve

Posted on October 30, 2011 by

For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #28 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ All Hallow’s Eve Pale flickering light sputters from carved pumpkin left to stand sentry at gutter of crooked sidewalk. Rosy glow twitches, mimics bloody flow caught in cement shadows. Thump of plastic bottle … Continue reading →

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Morning Mirror

Posted on September 11, 2011 by

For Sunday Whirl: Wordle #21 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ Morning Mirror Sometimes awareness comes as jolt of lightening bolt; crackle and hiss of electricity boldly cutting its way, roaring through nerve endings. Simple dignity forgotten in urgent need to build, create before moment … Continue reading →

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The Bad Places

Posted on November 3, 2010 by

  PAD Challenge #3 at Poetic Asides For today’s prompt, write a location poem. The poem can be about a location, but it doesn’t have to be. It could also just incorporate a location into the poem (like a love … Continue reading →

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Long Parting

Posted on November 2, 2010 by

Pad Challenge #2 for Poetic Asides http://blog.writersdigest.com/poeticasides/CommentView,guid,26676FB4-46FB-4867-8D48-4DD9F4A8CF3A.aspx#6cc8c073-006d-4158-b397-c12f96f97098   1. Write a “ready to start” poem. Yesterday’s poem closed the door or turned the page on the past events. Time to start looking forward. 2.Write a “not ready” poem, or even … Continue reading →

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Dance of Veils

Posted on August 6, 2010 by

for Monday prompt Aug. 2 at http://bigtentpoetry.org The prompt, this week, was to take a look at ones own poetry and find what might have become a ‘comfort zone’ within the writing itself. Then to create a piece of work … Continue reading →

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