Summer – Another Fearless Year

September 24, 2021

Sestinas and Paint Chips Collide

Hello poets. At the beginning of this month I warned you that the fourth prompt for September would involve writing a sestina. As I began to write this prompt, I was tempted to change course because, well, sestinas are hard to write and I hadn’t...

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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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October 4, 2020

Summer’s End

According to the calendar, summer has come to an end. Fall is in the air, as they say. Even the warm, sunny days this past week had a different feel than the long days of summer. I thought I’d share today some of my early...

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August 29, 2020

For the Joy of Haiku

I’m a little late with this announcement, but another one of my haiku has been featured on the Poetry Pea Podcast along with a number of other lovely haiku on the theme of joy. Mine features a dog. You can listen to the Pea Podcast...

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August 14, 2020

Paint Chip Poetry Prompt #33

It’s week 33 and it’s been a crazy week. I didn’t think about writing this week’s prompt until I was getting ready for bed last night and saw a comment on last week’s prompt saying she’d made it just in time because the new one...

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June 26, 2020

Paint Chip Poetry Prompt #26

It’s week 26, the halfway mark for the year. Time sure does fly when you’re hanging out at home due to a pandemic. It seems like I just wrote my poem for prompt #25 and it’s already time for another. The Challenge So the challenge...

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April 25, 2019

My Love of Summer

How does summer fly? Warmth of days gone by Outdoors Barbeques imply Tasty chicken thigh No chores Scents waft to the sky Past a loud magpie Autumn I’ll defy Sunset we decry Hawk soars Weather is bone dry Cherish mid-July Lake shores Warmth of days...

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April 20, 2019

The ABCs of Flowers

All through spring and summer flowers Bloom bright and fair Crocus are the first to pop Dauntless even in snow Each daffodil and tulip will Fetch a joyful smile Grape hyacinth are faithful and Heliotrope waft a captivating scent Iris stand tall and proud as...

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April 7, 2019

Spring

Spring has sprung A song is sung By every sparrow and hummingbird Rain comes down With a pounding sound On all the azaleas and daffodils Blooms are bursting For bees who are buzzing Pollinating flowers and trees Next will be summer My favorite season When...

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March 6, 2018

Hope Springs

Purple crocus peeking up Yellow daffodil buttercup Hope springs Tiny buds on lilac trees Ladybugs and buzzing bees Hope springs Iris shoots barely sprouted Pruned roses never doubted Hope springs Summer days not far behind Season promises warm sunshine Hope springs eternal

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Another Fearless Year

Tag: Summer

Sestinas and Paint Chips Collide

Ubi Sunt with Paint Chips

Summer’s End

For the Joy of Haiku

Paint Chip Poetry Prompt #33

Paint Chip Poetry Prompt #26

My Love of Summer

The ABCs of Flowers

Spring

Hope Springs

Tag: Summer

Sestinas and Paint Chips Collide

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Ubi Sunt with Paint Chips

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