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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 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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July 9, 2021

Ubi Sunt with Paint Chips

I can’t believe it’s Friday already, but here we are. And we’ve moved on to the U section of the poetry dictionary. There are only two entries to choose from and one is unstressed syllable. So we’re going with the other one, which is actually...

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May 7, 2021

Occasional Verse with Paint Chips

I know that last week I said we might do a second entry from the P section of the poetry dictionary, but I decided to go backwards instead, back to the O section. It’s the Friday before Mother’s Day—at least it is in the United...

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