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Tag Archives: Miz Quickly’s Impromptu
Victorious
For The Sunday Whirl writing prompt: Wordle #124 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ For Miz Quickly’s Learning Experience: TV Random http://imprompt.wordpress.com/ And for Poets United Poetry Pantry: #165http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Victorious Scarred and gnarled, willow still stands feathery branches swaying in wind. Lost in my own … Continue reading
Where I Come From
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
Wish To Be A Perfect Poet (with a bit of self talk)
For Miz Quickly’s Impromptu Poetry Day 29: Wishes http://imprompt.wordpress.com/ Wish To Be A Perfect Poet (with a bit of self talk) But foolish wish can’t even be kissed, ’cause puckered lips cannot begin to pronounce perfectly profound words that might … Continue reading
More Than A Job
For Miz Quickly’s Impromptu Day 27: Salesman http://imprompt.wordpress.com/ More Than A Job Used to work in a bookstore, behind counter, selling books. Loved talking to customers telling them how this volume could take them here, or help get them there. How … Continue reading
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Tagged bookstore, boss, learning curve, Miz Quickly's Impromptu, more than a job, poem a day, Poetry prompt, salesman, selling books
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Mouth of The River
For Miz Quickly’s Impromptu Poetry Day 26: Get Out of The House http://imprompt.wordpress.com/ Mouth of The River The mouth of the river swallows fingers of land, or at least attempts to lick them, wetting edges of an envelope hoping sealed … Continue reading
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Tagged become, caught, get out of house, Miz Quickly's Impromptu, mouth of river, poem a day, Poetry prompt, reading story, searching
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Uninvited
For Miz Quickly’s Impromptu Poetry Day 24: Wordle http://imprompt.wordpress.com/ Uninvited In the aftermath, trying to remain calm as she explained to stony-faced cop, how her unexpected guests detoured around modest, but boring, array of snacks, obviously finding more value in … Continue reading
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Tagged guests, knot of anxiety, Miz Quickly's Impromptu, poem a day, Poetry prompt, slab of cement, uninvited, wordle
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Spring Meltdown
Miz Quickly’s Impromptu Poetry Day 23: Repeat After Me http://imprompt.wordpress.com/ Spring Meltdown A cascade poem should flow downward, rushing water leaping over stones and boulders. Every third line, a ripple of repetition. It begins, sun melting hard packed snow creating … Continue reading
For Earth Day
For Miz Quickly’s Impromptu Poetry Day 22: Earth Day http://imprompt.wordpress.com/ For Earth Day Earth Mother Giving life To her children Spinning in space, keeping this place our home. What small gift might we give you in return to replenish fragile … Continue reading
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Tagged Breakers at Midnight, Earth Day, gift of life, Home, Miz Quickly's Impromptu, Mother Earth, poem a day, Poetry prompt, replenish
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After Breaking
For Miz Quickly’s Impromptu Poetry Day 20: prose poem http://imprompt.wordpress.com/ For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle 105 http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ shipped, shelter, shock, bomb, promise, struggle, spent, infidels, land, resilience, against, thrive, harden For Poets United Poetry Pantry #147 http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ For Far Write … Continue reading
