Written for Sue & Gerryβs Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge word βanxietyβ.
Going For It
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille Monday:
Jumpstart Your Poem. Our challenge, put
forth by De Jackson, is to write a poem in
44 words, including the word βjumpβ.
Come Autumn
Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where our host Sammi asks us to use
βcornucopiaβ in exactly 36 words.
Suspended Automation
Written for Living Poetry. Bart claims
that vending machines are under-
represented in poetry and Iβm
inclined to agree! Our challenge
is to write a vending machine poem.
Don’t Look Back
Downstream: Mirror Cinquain
Written for Reenaβs Xploration Challenge.
Our challenge is to ponder the words below
and use them in a piece of any form or size:
light ~ fall ~ current ~ break
Continue reading “Downstream: Mirror Cinquain”Adrenaline
Written for βCan You Tell A Story Inβ –
exactly 75 words using these prompt words:
coffee β Lamborghini β eyebrow –
tradition β chips β socks – maths
The Spice Is Right: Song Lyric Sunday
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
βSpice It Upβ
In Plain Sight: A Minnie Ming Mystery
Borrowed Words, New Worlds Challenge β
our hosts Sarah & Rohini invite us to write a
piece of our choosing incorporating the
following quote by Arthur Conan Doyle:
βThe world is full of obvious things which
nobody by any chance ever observes.β
The Introduction: A ChΕka
Written for Tanka Tuesday where our host,
Melissa, asks us to write syllabic poetry
using βforgettingβ as our theme.
Paradise On Ice: A SenHai
Written for SenHai Saturday where our host
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku
using this image as inspiration.
Ballad of the Lifeboat: SS City of Benares
Inspired by Maxβs blog, βOld Steam Shipsβ –
this is my poem & ballad about the SS City of Benares
What A Bozo: A Haiku?
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
Image provided by Jill Witherspoon.
Fooled you! It’s really a senryu!
Continue reading “What A Bozo: A Haiku?”Room 407
Written for Muse On Monday.
Our challenge is to write a story
about a piece of obsolete technology.
I β€οΈ PBB
Written for RDP where Lou
challenges us with the word “chunk”.
Driftwood
Written for Fandangoβs Story Starter:
βThe river had been serene so far, but ahead,
their simple raft faced some serious rapids.β
Liquid Lunch
Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. This is Friday Fictioneers.
Love’s Open Door
Written for Thursday Inspiration –
βKeep On Loving Youβ
Star Search
Written for Melissaβs Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge using the image below as inspiration.
What’s Left Behind
Written for Sadjeβs weekly question:
Β What Do You See?
Grounded: A Haibun
Written for dVerse Poets Haibun Monday:
Journeying. Our host, Frank, challenges
us to create a haibun based on journeying.
Paid In Full: A Dirk Malone Story
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
light ~ cast ~ street ~ tickle ~ sensitive ~ view
cool ~ pigeon ~ dance ~ attract ~ evening ~ glow
Pier 13
Written for dVerse Poetics: But no, a butterfly.
Our host, Merril, challenges us to write a
poem in any form incorporating the names
of at least three butterflies from a list she
has provided. I have chosen Crimson Patch,
Fatal Metalmark, Golden Hairstreak,
Painted Lady, and Velvet Rose.
The Rite Of St. Aldric
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brendaβs prompt words:
screams ~ desolate ~ temples ~ bone ~ sparks ~ pit
voices ~ follow ~ underworld ~ spiral ~ weave ~ current
The Second Shift
Endings & Beginnings Challenge β our hosts
Sarah & Rohini invite us to write about an
ending becoming a beginning, or conversely,
a beginning marking the end of something.
Ghost Trip
Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is βsheetβ.
Reflections On An August Afternoon: American Cinquain
Written for Living Poetry. Our host, Bart,
asks us to write a poem based on Β
the distractions of August.
The Chase
Written for Reenaβs Xploration Challenge,
which is to write a poem or story as
inspired by parataxis and hypotaxis.
Raindance
Written for βCan You Tell A Story Inβ –
exactly 51 words using the prompts below.
yawn ~ weather ~ toot ~ cookies ~ necromancer
Continue reading “Raindance”Sir Swellimpedeedoo Says “I Do”
Written for Weaβve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Matt, challenges us to
write a 10-line nonsense poem
as inspired by this image:
The Elephant's Trunk 