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Tag Archives: Verse First
Rain Wishing
For Poets United Verse First poetry prompt: Edit To Elevate http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ And For We Write Poems poetry prompt #169:Dangerous Poems http://wewritepoems.wordpress.com/ Rain Wishing Am wishing for a hard rain, pounding against concrete patio, darkling sky sounding a hint of disaster. … Continue reading
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Tagged dangerous poems, editing, elevate, hard rain, poetry prompts, Poets United, swishing whisper, Verse First, We Write Poems
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Other Moments Like Other Lives Lived
For We Write Poems poetry prompt #168: Without Thinking http://wewritepoems.wordpress.com/ And for Poets United Verse First prompt: Difficulty http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Other Moments Like Other Lives Lived Music and the smell of beer, cigarette smoke and laughter, threading way to pool table in … Continue reading
Finding Shelter
For Poets United Verse First poetry prompt: Close To The Source http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Finding Shelter Latest conversation causes swirling whirl of storm clouds to hover just above inner landscape. Sleeping memories startle awake to crash of thunder, as images from past … Continue reading
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Tagged close to source, drenched, lighting candle, photograph, Poetry prompt, Poets United, storm clouds, Verse First, words as raindrops
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Isadora Duncan
For Poets United Verse First poetry prompt: Appetite http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ From Internet Images Isadora Duncan Some said she was provocative, taking chances, using her body to express whatever she was feeling; a dancer with flamboyant appetites. Liked living high and, when … Continue reading
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Tagged appetite, Cascade Poem, dancer, flamboyant, hand-painted scarf, Isadora Duncan, living high, Poets United, Verse First
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Distillation of Truth
For Poets United Verse First Poetry Prompt: Truth http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Distillation of Truth When I was in my teens someone told me I had a gift for written words. I dismissed that missive. Thirties were spent playing hide and seek with … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, distillation of years, left unwritten, Poetry prompt, Poets United, realization, slowing down, Truth, Verse First
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Healing Path
For Poets United Verse First: Poetry Heals (100 words or less) http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ Healing Path I am a poet following a healing path of words: sometimes like a lost child seeking safety, other times like a bold explorer with hope his only map. … Continue reading
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Tagged bold explorer, following words, healing path, lost child, poetry heals, Poetry prompt, Poets United, under 100 words, Verse First
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Soul's Music 