Lavender

Member since April 24, 2020

Member for 5 years, 11 months

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364 Poems

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53 Followers

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
22 April, 2026	23 April, 2026	poem	Life of the Party
9 April, 2026	22 April, 2026	poem	Opus
31 March, 2026	6 April, 2026	poem	simply being
27 March, 2026	6 April, 2026	poem	Dream
16 March, 2026	21 March, 2026	poem	Texting
3 March, 2026	11 March, 2026	poem	It's Raining Today
1 March, 2026	2 March, 2026	poem	March 2, 1955
22 February, 2026	1 March, 2026	poem	Widow
15 February, 2026	1 March, 2026	poem	Remains of the Season
10 February, 2026	20 February, 2026	poem	Rum and Raspberries

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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