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 17, 2021

Forgiveness Healed My Heart

This article was originally published in the October 2019 issue of The Christian Journal. I had all but given up. I mentally catalogued the various prescription and over-the-counter pills in my medicine cabinet. There were enough to end my hopelessness forever. I truly believed my...

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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...

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August 10, 2021

God Used My Trials

This article was originally published in the September 2019 issue of The Christian Journal. We moved from my childhood home in sunny Southern California to a one-traffic-light town on the outskirts of a Washington rainforest right before I started eighth grade. I made new friends,...

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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...

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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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July 16, 2021

Verse Letter with Paint Chips

Friday is upon us once again. I started a six week sabbatical leave of absence from work on Monday and really thought I would get this prompt written well ahead of time. Time to write was a big part of my sabbatical plan. I did...

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