Informative, Music, Music Blog, Song, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Fly Like An Eagle

Written for Jim Adams’ Song Lyric Sunday
where our challenge is
β€œCharles Manson Was A Wanna Be Musician”

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Poetry, Strambotto, Syllabic Poem, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

OmertΓ : A Strambotta

Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Dennis, invites us to write
a poem about something intangible
and abstract, especially if it is
drawn from our own culture.

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Couplet, Eerie, Ekphrastic, Horror, Poetry, Scary, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Final Flame: A Couplet

Written for Day 13 of Sammi’s β€œ13 Days of
Samhain”
words β€œmortally” and β€œmorbid”.

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Photo Inspiration, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

RDP Saturday: eerie

Written for RDP where Punam asks us
to get creative with β€œeerie”.

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Ballad, Continuing Series, Eerie, Lyric Poem, Mystery, Original Series, Photo Inspiration, Poetry, Scary, Synopsis

SS Watertown: Faces In The Water

Inspired by Max’s blog, β€˜Old Steam Ships’ –
SS Watertown: Faces In The Water. Here is
a synopsis followed by a poem and ballad
.

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Couplet, Eerie, Horror, Poetry, Scary, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Feast For The Dead: A Couplet

Written for Day 12 of Sammi’s β€œ13 Day of
Samhain”
words β€œfatally” and β€œflawed”.

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Eerie, Horror, Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Scary Story, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Emergence

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge
Pic #3

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Haiku, Photo Prompt, Poetry, SenHai, Senryu, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Monster Bash: A SenHai

Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub
where Jill challenges us to write our
haiku inspired by this unique image

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Ballad, Continuing Series, Eerie, Lyric Poem, Mystery, Original Series, Photo Inspiration, Poem, Poetry, Scary, Song, Synopsis

SS Baychimo: Arctic Ghost Ship

Inspired by Max’s blog, β€˜Old Steam Ships’ –
SS Baychimo: The Arctic’s Ghost Ship. Here
is a synopsis followed by a poem and ballad.

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Cinquain, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Hollow Vows: A Cinquain

Written for MFFC – Melissa’s Fandango Flash
Fiction Challenge and the image seen here.

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Edgy, Eerie, Fantasy, Horror, Literary Quote, Scary Story, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Eternal Twilight

Written for Sammi’s Tolkien Tuesday #111:
“Writing Prompts for the Thinning of the Veil”.
We are invited to choose a Tolkien quote
to include in our writing which captures

the essence of Samhain and Halloween.

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Eerie, Ekphrastic, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

For All Who Linger

Written for Day 11 of Sammi’s β€œ13 Days of
Samhain”
words β€œmurderously” and β€œmaniacal”,
and for Sadje’s β€œWhat Do You See” image below.

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Guardian

Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. This is Friday Fictioneers.

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Haiku, Photo Prompt, Poetry, SenHai, Senryu, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

All In The Game: SenHai

Written for Fandango’s Thursday (AI Art) Inspiration

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Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

RDP Thursday: callipygous

Written for RDP where Brian asks us
to get creative with β€œcallipygous”.

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Haiku, Poetry, SenHai, Senryu, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Candy Man: A SenHai

Written for Day 10 of Sammi’s β€œ13 Days of
Samhain”
words β€œdesperately” and β€œdodgy”.

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Short Story, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Emma & Jake Exchange Vows

Written for Great Minds Think –
The Forbidden Word Challenge

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Limerick, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Calling 911

Laughing Along With A Limerick
Esther’s prompt word is β€œleaf”.

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Continuing Series, Mystery, Original Series, Recurring Character, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Glove in the Leaves: A Minnie Ming Mystery, Part 2 – The Cave in the Forest

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle using
Β Brenda’s prompt words shown below:

preys, brews, fly, glow, forest, cave,
monster, spin, hidden, filter, head, stick

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Cinquain, Mirror Cinquain, Poetry, Tanka, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Guarded: Mirror Cinquain

Written for Tanka Tuesday. Our host, Yvette
invites us to write a poem about β€œWhat Lies
Behind the Mask” focusing on what part of
ourselves we hide from the outside world
and what others hide behind their masks.

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Scary Story, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Last Trick-Or-Treater

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
Di’s prompt words are shown here:

pants, sting, front, backwards, honesty, robust,
metal, thought, drink, surplus, ready, signature

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Mini Story, Photo Inspiration, Scary Story, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

For Whom The Bell Tolls

Written for Day 9 of Sammi’s β€œ13 Days of Samhain”
with the words β€œrecklessly” and β€œrisky”
and
inspired by this image from Brian at Bushboys World.

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Continuing Series, Mystery, Original Series, Phrase Prompt, Recurring Character, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Glove in the Leaves: A Minnie Ming Mystery

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle using
Brenda’s prompt words shown below,

and Fandango’s Story Starter, the
underlined paragraph of my story.

letters, urged, exist, pranks, view, incessantly,
west, fools, lunatic, bones, ghastly, vast

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Mini Story, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Feathery Fiasco

Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where our host Sammi asks us to use
β€œbedlam” in exactly 74 words. Also for
Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Weekend
Challenge
and the word β€œcomedic”.

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Cinquain, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

To Err Is Human: Reverse Cinquain

Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
Reena asks us to respond to the image
below – a comical, slightly sarcastic
 take on how AI views humanity.

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Free Verse, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

A Hunger Deep

Written for Day 8 of Sammi’s β€œ13 Days of
Samhain
” words β€œviciously” and β€œvulnerable”

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Haibun, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Grinning, All Aglow: A Haibun

Written for dVerse Poets Haibun Monday:
Hunter’s Moon/Halloween. Our host, Frank,
challenges us to write a haibun that alludes
to either the Hunter’s Moon or Halloween.

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Alternate Rhyme, Photo Inspiration, Poetry, Scary

Hollow Whispers

This image of the Old Allegheny County
Jail on Dan Antion’s No Facilities site
caught my eye and interested me
enough to write a story. Also written
for RDP and today’s word – β€œbrittle”.

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Photo Prompt, Quatrain, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Fearsome Foursome

Written for Living Poetry. Bartholomew asks
 us to write a poem inspired by this image:

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Haiku, Scary, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts, Zip Haiku

The Calling: Zip Haiku

Written for Day 7 of Sammi’s β€œ13 Days of
Samhain”
words β€œhazardously” and β€œhazy”

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