Lavender

Member since April 24, 2020

Member for 5 years, 11 months

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345 Poems

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About Me

About me

Looking for a poetry home.

Location: United States

Favorite Poets

I tend to read Ted Kooser

Jim Harrison

Billy Collins

Paul Simon

Robert Frost. I like minimalist poetry

and poems reflecting on nature and Mother Earth.

Recent Work

Created	Updated	Type	Title
26 November, 2025	28 November, 2025	poem	Thanksgiving
22 November, 2025	24 November, 2025	poem	Boots
20 November, 2025	25 November, 2025	poem	Untitled Sonnet
18 November, 2025	19 November, 2025	poem	Piggy
18 November, 2025	18 November, 2025	poem	Reiki
15 November, 2025	19 November, 2025	poem	Reverence
5 November, 2025	10 November, 2025	poem	In This Moment
2 November, 2025	11 November, 2025	poem	Dharma
30 October, 2025	4 November, 2025	poem	Dancing
22 October, 2025	22 October, 2025	poem	Seven Million

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Contest Wins

Winning Submission	Contest	Contest Date
As Mighty Trees Bear Witness to Our Past	Neopoet Weekly 10/5/25 to 10/11/25	Sun, 10/05/2025 - 12:00 - Sat, 10/11/2025 - 12:00
Imagining the Sangre de Cristo Mountains	08/25 A Mountain Walk	Fri, 08/01/2025 - 12:00 - Sun, 08/31/2025 - 12:00
Dear Purple Couch	06/25 Personify your favorite object	Sun, 06/01/2025 - 12:00 - Mon, 06/30/2025 - 12:00
My Last Love Poem	05/25 My Last love poem	Thu, 05/01/2025 - 12:00 - Sat, 05/31/2025 - 12:00
The View From The Mountain Top	05/25 The view from the mountain top	Thu, 05/01/2025 - 12:00 - Sat, 05/31/2025 - 12:00
To Those Who Walked, Peace Versus War	2024 Neopoem Of The Year	Wed, 01/01/2025 - 12:00
The Naughtiest Naughty of All	12/24 On The Naughty List	Sun, 12/01/2024 - 12:00 - Tue, 12/31/2024 - 12:00
Along The Windy Shore	09/24 Under the boardwalk	Sun, 09/01/2024 - 12:00 - Mon, 09/30/2024 - 12:00
To Those Who Walked, Peace Versus War	Peace Versus War	Thu, 08/01/2024 - 12:00 - Sat, 08/31/2024 - 12:00
Magic	Neopoet Weekly 06/09/24 to 06/15/24	Sat, 06/08/2024 - 12:00 - Sat, 06/15/2024 - 12:00
To My Monarch and Her Milkweed	Mother Nature	Thu, 02/29/2024 - 12:00 - Sun, 03/31/2024 - 12:00
Of The Night	01/24 The Full Moon	Mon, 01/01/2024 - 12:00 - Wed, 01/31/2024 - 12:00
Ho, Ho, Hold On!	12/23 Acrostic Poem Snowstorm	Fri, 12/01/2023 - 12:00 - Sun, 12/31/2023 - 12:00
Storm	October 2023 Challenge Write a poem about being caught in a rain storm	Sun, 10/01/2023 - 12:00 - Tue, 10/31/2023 - 12:00
Old Ford	September 2023 Challenge Write about being invisible	Fri, 09/01/2023 - 12:00 - Sat, 09/30/2023 - 12:00
Elizabeth	August 2023 Challenge Memories Of Grandmother	Tue, 08/01/2023 - 12:00 - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 12:00
Oh, To Close My Eyes (Something You Long For?)	Something you long for?	Tue, 11/01/2022 - 12:00 - Wed, 11/30/2022 - 12:00
New Poets (Neopoet Around The World Anthology Contest)	Neopoet Around The Globe Anthology Contest.	Tue, 09/20/2022 - 12:00 - Fri, 12/30/2022 - 12:00
Spoonerism (June Contest)	Can Your Poetry Make Us Laugh	Thu, 06/04/2020 - 12:00 - Tue, 06/30/2020 - 12:00

Workshops

		Skill level:
Earn A Poem Workshop 1	(syllabus)	Olympic Pool	Started 2023-11-06	Closed to new participants (and underway)
Poetry in the Age of AI	(syllabus)	Wading Pool	Started 2023-03-03	Concluded
RHYME PATTERNS (let's begin)	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2021-02-24	Concluded
Idle Time Poetry	(syllabus)	Wading Pool	Started 2020-07-19	Concluded
Idle Time Poetry	(syllabus)	Wading Pool	Started 2020-07-09	Concluded
Titles	(syllabus)	Wading Pool	Started 2020-05-26	Concluded

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