Written for Crispinaโs
Crimsonโs Creative Challenge
Granted A Life
Written for the Great Minds Think Challenge –
โAnd that makes all the differenceโ. Our hosts
Sarah & Rohini invite us to write about a hero
or villain and choose to do one of two things:
1) Visualize how a hero might have become a
villain or vice versa by choosing to make a
different decision at a crucial moment … or …
2) Have a character reflect on their lives and
a key decision that brought him to that place.
Love Stinks: Song Lyric Sunday
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
โBehavior Patternsโ
Off Line
Hi Everyone,
I currently have no internet service due to damage to our cable lines outside the house. At the moment I am at my friend’s house using her connection. I will not be able to publish posts until Monday, at the earliest, when Optimum is scheduled to make repairs. I’m taking this time to publish any posts that require Mr. Linky so I don’t miss the deadlines. All other posts will have to wait and if I miss any deadlines, so be it. I’ll be back in touch ASAP. Thanks for understanding.
Nancy
Two-Handed Reintroduction: A Haibun
Written for Weaโve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, David himself, challenges
us to write a poem about experiencing
something familiar as though it were
happening for the first time. Caveat:
we must include the word โagainโ.
Lone Bird: A SenHai
Written for SenHai Saturday where our host
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku
using this image as inspiration.
SS Pacific: Guilty Conscience
Inspired by Maxโs blog, โOld Steam Shipsโ –
this is my fictionalized โconfessionโ (and I
use that term loosely) made by an un-named
foreman from an unknown shipyard, written
days after the coronerโs inquest re the SS
Pacific, addressed to no one in particular,
which somehow makes this tragedy even
worse. See my notes on the coronerโs inquiry.
Fixer Upper
Written for Muse On Monday.
Our challenge is to write a story
about a piece of obsolete technology.
Thanks to Brian at bushboys world
for allowing me to use his photo.
Can You Hear Me Knocking?
Re-written for Esther’s Writing Prompt
using the prompt word โtestโ.
Original from 2023.
Bootleg Baroque
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
Continue reading “Bootleg Baroque”Beatitudes of the Mundane
Written for Reenaโs Xploration Challenge.
Our challenge is focus on the mundane.
Do we find it boring or interesting?
This is my interpretation.
Varykino
Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. This is Friday Fictioneers.
A Little Help Would Be Nice
Written for Thursday Inspiration –
โHelp Meโ
Feline Gateway
Written for Sadjeโs weekly question:
ย What Do You See?
My Daughter’s Hair
Written for Melissaโs Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge using the image below as inspiration.
RDP Wednesday: sloppy
Written for RDP where segoil asks us
to get creative with the word โsloppyโ.
Thanks, Heather!
Three Little Doves: A Nursery Rhyme
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
once ~ three ~ haven ~peace ~ thoughts
why ~ angry ~ if ~ final ~ love ~ none ~ dream
Drought: A Haibun
Written for dVerse Poetics: โHave You Ever
Seen the Rain?โ Our host, Lisa, challenges
us to write a poem in any form about weather.
Distant Melodies
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brendaโs prompt words:
keys ~ drumming ~ rare ~ morning ~ lazy ~ humming
odd ~ whispers ~ open ~ chain ~ urge ~ ghosts
Gold and Amber: Sรฉadna
Written for Tanka Tuesday where our host,
Willow, asks us to write a Celtic Autumn poem.
I have written a Sรฉadna.
Bug Off!
Written for Sue & Gerryโs Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge word โanxietyโ.
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 โjumpโ.
Come Autumn
Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where our host Sammi asks us to use
โcornucopiaโ in exactly 36 words.
Suspended Automation
Written for Living Poetry. Bart claims
that vending machines are under-
represented in poetry and Iโm
inclined to agree! Our challenge
is to write a vending machine poem.
Don’t Look Back
Downstream: Mirror Cinquain
Written for Reenaโs 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 โCan You Tell A Story Inโ –
exactly 75 words using these prompt words:
coffee โ Lamborghini โ eyebrow –
tradition โ chips โ socks – maths
The Spice Is Right: Song Lyric Sunday
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
โSpice It Upโ
In Plain Sight: A Minnie Ming Mystery
Borrowed Words, New Worlds Challenge โ
our hosts Sarah & Rohini invite us to write a
piece of our choosing incorporating the
following quote by Arthur Conan Doyle:
โThe world is full of obvious things which
nobody by any chance ever observes.โ
The Introduction: A Chลka
Written for Tanka Tuesday where our host,
Melissa, asks us to write syllabic poetry
using โforgettingโ as our theme.
The Elephant's Trunk 