@royalpurple
active 7 months, 1 week ago-
royalpurple commented on the post, 3am – nineteen – no title 8 months, 1 week ago
Thanks!
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royalpurple commented on the post, Announcing the Finishers of The 24 Hour Poetry Marathon! 8 months, 1 week ago
Congratulations everyone!!!!?
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royalpurple commented on the post, One Last Time #24 8 months, 1 week ago
eerily relevant and lyrical!
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royalpurple commented on the post, “We’re gonna need a bigger bulb.” 8 months, 1 week ago
oh, so very true! I love the referece to Wyle E!!!
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royalpurple commented on the post, Floating 8 months, 1 week ago
very visual! relaxing… says it exacty!
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royalpurple commented on the post, 2020 – let's try this again! 8 months, 1 week ago
Last time I participated was in, oh gosh, 2016! I never got all of those poems posted. I wrote 24 in 24, but only posted half of them… This year I wrote the 24 in 24 and ALL have been posted! And apparently Im on a writing jag now as I have written a few more! I may have to post those to my personal blog space!
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royalpurple commented on the post, Beatrix's Rocks 8 months, 1 week ago
This…brings back so many memories of picking flowers from the yard, weeds really, for my own momma…
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royalpurple commented on the post, Prompt #10 – 2014 prompt hour 10 8 months, 1 week ago
Lovely imagery…
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royalpurple wrote a new post, I Survived! 8 months, 1 week ago
24 hour later, plus…
I had an internet issue, and didn’t get all my poems posted on hour, but I did write them on the hour…
but this time I made it 24 in 24!
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royalpurple wrote a new post, 8am – twenty-four – no title 8 months, 1 week ago
as I sit to write
I wonder where
the words come from
do I get them from
my brain? or do I
pluck them from the air?-
I wonder. Sometimes it seems to be one, other times the other.
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Lovely! I love the word “pluck”. I think we have words, sometimes they escape and whether we put them back into our minds or not is our discretion.
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This is an honest poem. I know that I, too, often wonder just where the words come from. Sometimes they are so elusive. I like the word “pluck” which suggests a deliberate selection of one or many words rather than just having them drift around at random. Nice.
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royalpurple wrote a new post, 7am – twenty-three – Hummingbird 8 months, 1 week ago
Hummingbird
as I gaze out the window pane
I see a tiny blur
zipping around the flowers
of a rose of sharon tree
the blur zips and zings
hovering here and there
as it drinks the nectar
from the hanging […]-
This is a lovely poem about a hummingbird. It is a soft and quick poem just like hummingbirds are.
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This poem paints a picture, lovely!
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royalpurple wrote a new post, 6am – twenty-two – no title 8 months, 1 week ago
the sun creeps over the
horizon
softening the darkened
sky
offering its bright
light
bringing the day from
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royalpurple wrote a new post, 5am – twenty-one – no title 8 months, 1 week ago
I miss the sounds of him
the tuning of his soul
the softness of his voice
as he leaves for the show
the gentle way he would
draw me into him
as he would leave each
time he would have to go…
I miss laying m […] -
royalpurple wrote a new post, 4am – twenty – Silence 8 months, 1 week ago
Silence
the house is still
I can hear the wind
outside, blowing –
creaks and groans
of the old framework
and pops of the windows
break the solemnity of
the house
as I drift off into slumber -
royalpurple wrote a new post, 3am – nineteen – no title 8 months, 1 week ago
my eyes grow heavy
my brain slows
the pen and paper are
mocking me
IDEA! i start the next
poem – only to
scribble out those
first horrible lines…
i struggle to string the
words together…
then sudde […]-
This one was especially true for me between about hours 4-22 this year. Even though I was writing I was struggling immensely to string together a coherent thought. Tried caffeine, tried alcohol, tried a hot shower, a hot meal, some cuddle time on the couch with my dogs. Nothing was working. Tried a mini power nap even. Eventually had to power through it and just keep putting pen to paper. Every piece we write won’t always be an award winner, and that doesn’t mean we have failed. Great poem.
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Thanks!
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royalpurple wrote a new post, 2am – eighteen – no title 8 months, 1 week ago
Laughter floats through the air.
Children’s screams of joy!
The lawn sprinkler shoots
cool water up towards the
hot, summer sun as
the kids run through! -
royalpurple wrote a new post, 1am – seventeen – no title 8 months, 1 week ago
the fireflies light up the yard
dusk falls
soft music plays as we
relax on the porch
a glass of wine
light conversation
– yes, this is a wonderful summer evening… -
royalpurple wrote a new post, 12am – sixteen – no title 8 months, 1 week ago
seeds planted
a soft watering
sunshine
time
the soil pushes aside
green sprouts appear
such is the garden
in early summer -
royalpurple wrote a new post, 11pm – fifteen – no title 8 months, 1 week ago
as i stand waiting as my fellow officers
are led into the room…
i contemplate – what does this mean?
how did i get here?
why did i say yes?
what would happen if i left now?
as i listen to the the obl […] -
royalpurple wrote a new post, 10pm – fourteen – no title 8 months, 1 week ago
as i look trough the
camera lens
focusing on the tiny
parts of the flowers
creating landscapes
of their own…-
The picture this poem paints is very pretty!
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