Tag: 15 Words or Less Poems

Moth Surprise [15 Words or Less]

Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.  This pink underwing moth (I think?) lay dead on our front porch a couple of weeks ago :>( This image makes me think

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City Bird [15 Words or Less]

Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.  I love that even in a townhome very near a city’s downtown, I can look out my window and most days catch glimpses

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Roll the Bones [15 Words or Less]

Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.  I love board games, and there’s a dice game we play with family (can’t remember the name of the game) that has loads

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Pond Aerator [15 Words or Less]

Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.  At the amusement park in August, I took this pic of a bubbler in a pond. This image makes me think of several

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ELO Light Show [15 Words or Less]

Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.  Summer’s over, folks! What a whirlwind mine was, and you’ll probably learn more about it from the photos I share here on coming

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Roller Coaster [15 Words or Less]

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Henna [15 Words or Less]

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Rearview Mirror [15 Words or Less]

Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.  We live near our state capitol building, and the other day as we were driving somewhere, I saw the building neatly framed in

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A Pig in the Audience [15 Words or Less]

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