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September 17, 2021

A Paint Chip Poem Is Like . . .

Can you guess from the title of this post what entry in the S section of the poetry dictionary I’ve selected for our challenge today? If I had pulled the paint chips first, I might have picked a different entry, but there’s no going back...

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September 10, 2021

Fragments and Paint Chips

Hello friends. We’re still in the S section of the poetry dictionary this week. I’ve settled on sentence fragment for this week’s prompt. We all know, I hope, what a sentence fragment is, but I’m sharing the definition from the dictionary nonetheless. Unfortunately I can’t...

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September 3, 2021

Slanting the Paint Chips

September is upon us. Apparently, according to meteorologists, it is now meteorological fall. I prefer astronomical fall, because that means three more weeks of summer, my very favorite season. Besides, my wedding anniversary is next Monday and I was married in the summer, not the...

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August 27, 2021

Paint Chip Short Verse Part 4

It’s already the fourth Friday in August! I can’t believe how quickly this month is flying by. I’m glad I decided to do this short verse prompts this month and have been delighted at some of the lovely poems you all have been inspired to...

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August 20, 2021

Paint Chip Short Verse Part 3

It’s week three of my August prompts and today, as I write this two days early, it is suddenly much cooler. The hot August temps disappeared overnight. And that is the inspiration for my poem today. The Challenge But first, the challenge for the day....

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August 13, 2021

Paint Chip Short Verse Part 2

It’s week two of my paint chip short verse challenge. As I mentioned last week, I’m pressed for time right now, beholden to the deadlines of publishers. My self imposed deadlines have taken a back seat. But I didn’t want to let the paint chip...

Poetry/Writing Comments: 17

August 6, 2021

Paint Chip Short Verse Part 1

August is proving to be very busy for me, in spite of being off work for six weeks starting July 12. I have a number of deadlines in August for articles to be published elsewhere. So I’ve decided to do something different for my paint...

Poetry/Writing Comments: 13

July 30, 2021

Monostich and Paint Chips

So there were no good entries in the W section of the poetry dictionary and there are no X, Y, or Z sections. We are visiting family so I decided to ask my mother-in-law to pick a letter of the alphabet (without telling her why)....

Poetry Comments: 19

July 27, 2021

Sister Mine, Sister Ours

Last Saturday we had a memorial service for my sister Suz. She died on May 20, before I had a chance to go visit her. I was waiting to be fully vaccinated before I visited because I didn’t want to risk getting her sick on...

Memoir/Poetry Comments: 5

July 23, 2021

Paint Chip Villanelle Poetry Prompt

As I mentioned last week, we’ll be staying in the V section of the poetry dictionary this week with one of my favorite poetry forms: the villanelle. It is a very long entry in the dictionary so I’m only sharing part of it, just enough...

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Another Fearless Year

Category: Poetry

A Paint Chip Poem Is Like . . .

Fragments and Paint Chips

Slanting the Paint Chips

Paint Chip Short Verse Part 4

Paint Chip Short Verse Part 3

Paint Chip Short Verse Part 2

Paint Chip Short Verse Part 1

Monostich and Paint Chips

Sister Mine, Sister Ours

Paint Chip Villanelle Poetry Prompt

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A Paint Chip Poem Is Like . . .

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Fragments and Paint Chips

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Slanting the Paint Chips

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Paint Chip Short Verse Part 4

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Paint Chip Short Verse Part 3

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Sister Mine, Sister Ours

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Paint Chip Villanelle Poetry Prompt

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