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you see https dversepoets com posted in purple s home tagged busyness color ekphrastic poem emotions village 13 comments miss jae posted on may 19 2026 by purplepeninportland written for dverse poets pub quadrille 248 this one s gone to the dogs dog posted by de whimsygizmo today i want you to have some doggone fun and include some form of the word dog in your poem write about the dog days of summer of war the dog eared pages of your favorite novel tell us about a time you were sick as a dog or give us a little hair of the dog make it rain cats and dogs put your poem through a downward facing dog yoga pose or let it run with the dogs let sleeping dogs lie or tell the truth about this dog eat dog world or anything else you doggone please just be sure your poem is exactly 44 words long including some form of the word dog or you ll be in the doghouse right now she lies asleep waiting for me in doggy dreams deep sometimes she twitches hope it s not a dog mare could be that she itches last two days have felt like dogs days of summer though it is may dog seeks shelter lying full length in front of fridge she will not scoot over if a sandwich falls out she wants to pay homage https dversepoets com posted in purple s home tagged against fridge asleep big dog lying down waiting 22 comments i hear a tune posted on may 18 2026 by purplepeninportland written for poetic bloomings 594 the subject is brevity here s an interesting poetic exercise for you this week you are charged with choosing a topic about which you will write write at least three or more short poems on that one subject do not string each one together as stanzas of one poem they should be three distinct poems brevity is the key your topic can be anything that stirs your muse you decide it is morning what music do i want to hear bird choir will suffice outdoor art show i hear jazz look around man playing sax on corner on the stage wild hair and feather boa janis sings the blues https poeticbloomings2 wordpress com 2026 05 17 prompt 594 posted in purple s home tagged birds blues haiku jazz music 2 comments removed posted on may 17 2026 by purplepeninportland written for the sunday whirl wordle 757 words place relax trip share class awe home last years will connect lifetime during her lifetime she has called many places home she remembers the homes she felt most relaxed in certainly not all of them over the last nine years she has lived in one place and has taken no trips unable to feel connected she is in a quieter space a non sharing realm awed by other s activities she feels no proclivity to join a class or group she wills herself to step into a new life her feet do not move https sundaywhirl wordpress com posted in purple s home tagged disconnected escape homes quieter wordle 3 comments odd bird posted on may 16 2026 by purplepeninportland written for sen hai saturday 52 beak of rainbows almost long as his neck imagine him catching a cold protrudes from small head beak of many colors golden eyed pelican https iwriteher com category senhai posted in purple s home tagged ekphrastic haiku and senyru pelican rainbow beak 9 comments i do not wish for the moon posted on may 16 2026 by purplepeninportland written for friday writings 227 as you wish so for this week s optional prompt i m asking you to draw some inspiration from one of these four or any quotes 1 life is pain highness anyone who says differently is selling something 2 mostly dead is slightly alive 3 we are men of action lies do not become us 4 true love is the greatest thing in the world except for a nice mlt mutton lettuce and tomato sandwich where the mutton is nice and lean and the tomato is ripe don t let s ask for the moon we have the stars bette davis now voyager 1942 jan 5 2014 you wish for too much she said i do not desire to see all of europe nor do i yearn for fancy clothes or lavish parties if you wish these frivolities for yourself that i cannot help if you wish them for me stop i already have all that i need or want we are together we have a decent home and sufficient food we laugh dry each other s tears and remove each other s fears what more can we need https poetsandstorytellersunited blogspot com posted in purple s home tagged contentment fulfillment inspired by a movie quote 16 comments pathetic produce posted on may 15 2026 by purplepeninportland written for dverse poets pub mtb unlock with list posted by bjorn the use of lists in poetry can be a very powerful tool not just as poems themselves but maybe even more as a tool to start when your creativity is low it may be a way to create descriptions for abstract objects or to expand a metaphor a list can also work as a metaphor or it can be a list of negations the produce here is unacceptable the bananas are badly bruised avocados are soft to the touch well overripe select a head of lettuce see the brown underbelly the embarrassed bok choy wishes it could limp away unseen spinach soaked in water still droops tomatoes are little red rocks given a year they wouldn t ripen fuzz on the carton of strawberries is not a good look picking through pears i cannot find an unblemished one have you had enough i have i m switching supermarkets https dversepoets com posted in purple s home tagged list poem produce shopping switching places unsatifactory 14 comments i never imagined posted on may 14 2026 by purplepeninportland written for what s going on sadness write a poem that explores sadness not necessarily as a single feeling but as something you might experience or live with it can be about sadnesss in general or about a specific thing that causes sadness try to write so the reader will feel the sadness allow the poem not to have an easy resolution let it end in a way that feels true rather than resolved in your poem you don thave to make the sadness go away feel free to let the sadness just hang there sometimes sadness is that way so i find myself living with my dog not going out much i never imagined being so lonely in these years no company of family or friends i count people i loved that are gone always surprised at the number happy memories are wonderful to have but they tend to be bittersweet depression and anxiety build there is a deep dark pool i cannot get my head above the water https newwhatsgoingon blogspot com posted in purple s home tagged bittersweet loneliness sunken 12 comments lure of lilacs posted on may 14 2026 by purplepeninportland written for poetic asides 781 for this week s prompt write a flower poem your poem could be about an actual flower or it could mention a flower in passing or play with the concept of a flowering idea flower power or whatever other direction you might consider including using its homophone flour of course mentioning a specific flower in the title and then writing a poem that may or may not mention the flower is an option as well whatever you do have fun flowering of our lilac bush stamped spring s official arrival looking out the bay window at the lilacs always brought a smile to my face the range of purples and the sideways growth of the flowers mesmerized me the lilac bush was there before we were over the years it bloomed less and less our attempts to revive it were unsuccessful glancing at lilacs brings a smile to my face https www writersdigest com wednesday poetry prompts 781 posted in purple s home leave a comment landscape of nightmares posted on may 13 2026 by purplepeninportland written for dverse poets pub poetics what art says posted by paeansunplugged for this week s poetics prompt i would like you to draw inspiration from the following artworks by indian artists and write a poem inspired by any one i am sharing the artwork only and not any more information about the art or the artist let just the art speak to you tip toe through twisted metal plastic casings and unrecognizable particles of waste small spaces of green peek out largely ignored the ground weeps for what it was before the time of thoughtless humans tossing trash nothing grows here anymore layers of effluvium fill in the land creating a different landscape one of which nightmares are made https dversepoets com posted in purple s home tagged death to growing things ekphrastic poetry thoughtlessness waste 17 comments qualities posted on may 11 2026 by purplepeninportland written for poetic bloomings 593 mother today is mother s day write a mother poem i did not get my mother s green eyes but skipped a generation and got her father s blue ones neither did i inherit mom s skill and love of knitting i feel fortunate to possess her moral compass her non judgmental views and her sarcastic sense of humor i credit her with my love of cooking and baking i watched her creating meals she was patient and happy that i took an interest i wish i had the opportunity to tell her what she meant to me now https poeticbloomings2 wordpress com 2026 05 09 prompt 593 mother posted in purple s home tagged knowledge mom sense of humor traits 2 comments hollow eyed woman posted on may 10 2026 by purplepeninportland written for the sunday whirl wordle 756 words trudge powder twist self wide track empty rare hollow trance eye line how does she see herself the world sees thickly powdered cheeks eye liner applied too widely yet her eyes are hollow empty as if she were in a trance in the twisted tracks of her mind what is she thinking as she trudges along city streets rarely glancing up to look at other faces who is this woman https sundaywhirl wordpress com posted in purple s home tagged hollow eyed makeup odd woman wordle 2 comments floating staircase posted on may 9 2026 by purplepeninportland written for sen hai saturday 51 in brackish water six steps of a staircase leading nowhere appears to float old rusted steps of staircase what holds it upright https iwriteher com category senhai posted in purple s home tagged ekphrastic haiku and senryu old staircase water 13 comments lost world posted on may 7 2026 by purplepeninportland written for what s going on solastalgia solastalgia is the emotional or existential distress caused by negative environmental change to one s home landscape while still residing there this form of homesickness at home stems from the loss of solace security and connection to a familiar environment due to factors like climate change pollution or industrial or residential development i imagine extreme political change might factor in there as well life just doesn t feel as safe any more my locked heart springs open whenever i think of unlocked doors neighbors socializing and safety taken for granted oh the effulgence of life all those years ago wayward weather wanders like a lost soul who cannot find the way impossible to predict patterns we have counted on cease to exist i am uncomfortable violence and flames have become the gist of local news backed up by school shootings and ice finally i must admit that i did not participate in political discussions in youth however of all our bygone presidents none produced fear in me now plaintive cries we are suffused by a staccato chameleon i wake each day in a state of anxiety i am grateful that my childhood is behind me https newwhatsgoingon blogspot com posted in purple s home tagged locks news safety social today weather 16 comments 1979 posted on may 6 2026 by purplepeninportland written for poetics aside 780 year poem for this week s prompt write a year poem write a poem about a specific year like 1977 1980 or 1983 which are important years for people who recently celebrated may the fourth or maybe the year in a cycle like the third year of high school or college or get more general like this popular frank sinatra song of course you could also do the old title trick using something like the year of blank and filling in the blank with a new word or phrase so many possibilities in june of 1979 john and i got married we had known each other for three months married in his sister s backyard i clearly recall doing shots of tequila and truly enjoying my day i also recall that empty bowl with a note that read string beans almonds curtesy of john nineteen seventy nine was a lovely year https www writersdigest com wednesday poetry prompts 780 posted in purple s home leave a comment peaceful surrender posted on may 6 2026 by purplepeninportland written for dverse poets pub poetics names of the rose posted by merril please choose at least five rose names from the list below or choose your own five words or more from this huge list if the rose name is more than one word you must use both words there is one stipulation you can not use the word rose in your poem afternoon delight bordeaux brass band cayenne desdemona ebb tide eiffel tower golden gate mermaid no surrender peace penny lane queen of hearts quicksilver restless sea foam summer song tangles white wings windrush you may write any sort of poem form or not i know we all have poetic preferences or combine prompts you may write about flowers or summer but your poem does not have to be about those topics i suspect most will not be even if you write a serious poem i feel like i and maybe you need a prompt that s not too complicated after napowrimo and all that s going on in the world my sweet desdemona let us enjoy some afternoon delight i have brought a bordeaux to sip under the golden gate we can gaze at sea foam bubbling up on shore you can have a respite from all the tangles in your mind your restlessness and enjoy some peace for a change https dversepoets com posted in purple s home tagged afternoon peace respite wine written from word list 26 comments buddha dark side of moon posted on may 5 2026 by purplepeninportland written for what do you see 339 screenshot in the serenity of my garden behold peace screenshot the moon has a dark side it wishes to remain secret why can we not honor that wish https lifeafter50forwomen com category what do you see posted in purple s home tagged buddha dark side moon peace 8 comments each little plume posted on may 5 2026 by purplepeninportland written for dverse poets pub quadrille come bloom with me posted by lillian bloom how i do swoon to see peonies in bloom cannot open too soon peonies secret womb they appear as if groomed each little plume pinkens the room rids you of gloom i inhale their perfume and my senses are consumed my heart is abloom https dversepoets com posted in purple s home 31 comments was it only yesterday posted on may 3 2026 by purplepeninportland written for poetic bloomings 592 yesterday we fall back every so often and write about this day or of a proposed future in tomorrow but we ll once again reach back to yesterday we re here to write a yesterday poem was it only yesterday that i thought i had all the answers was it only yesterday that i defied everyone and ran off to get married was it only yesterday that i felt confident and attractive in my 40 s was it only yesterday that my family was whole and gathered together was it only yesterday that i 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