Haiku, Poetry, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Thursday: river

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œriver”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt

The Weight of Silence

Written for Sadje’s β€œWhat Do You See”.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Poetry, Sonnet, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Ode On An Ice Cream Churn

Written for Monday Poetry Prompt: How do I love thee?
Our host, Bartholomew, asks us to write a poem

in response to Elizabeth Barrett-Browning’s famous quote.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Free Verse, Poetry, Quadrille, Theme Prompt

California Dreamin’

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille
Monday
– β€œSwearing by all Flowers”
where our host, De Jackson, has offered
up the word β€œflowers”. Here is my quadrille.

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Poetry, Prose, Theme Prompt

When The Music’s Over

Written for dVerse Poetics β€“β€œI’d Rather Go Blind”
hosted this week by Melissa. The focus is to
choose one of the five senses and write a poem
exploring what life experiences might be like
without that sense. This is my response.

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Micro Story, Word Challenge

RDP Wednesday: ringleader

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œringleader!”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

Β© Adobe

Yo!

In this dog-eat-dog world,
there can be only one ringleader:

THE MEOWFIA

When these cats are in town, all bets are off.

FUHGEDDABOUDIT!!

NARΒ©2026

This is β€œWoke Up This Morning” by Alabama 3

All text and graphics are copyright for Nancy Richy and are not to be used without permission. NARΒ©2017-present.

Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle

Second Chances

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle.
The prompt words are show below
and here’s where they took me.

music, relaxing, calm, peace, personal, always,
thinking, reminder, thankful, simple, friends, and meet

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Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Chaos In The Air

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle . Our host is
Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week are
shown below. Here’s where the prompts took me.

split, cringe, breathe, pieces, wings, cracks,
beneath, hesitates, stretch, ship, spin, and chaos

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Free Verse, Poetry, Quadrille, Theme Prompt

First Light

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille
Monday
– β€œSwearing by all Flowers”
where our host, De Jackson, has offered
up the word β€œflowers”. Image courtesy
Crispina Kemp. Here is my quadrille.

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Poetry, Word Prompt

The Cure-All

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
 to get creative with the word β€œpanacea”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Ekphrastic, Poetry, Word Prompt

Hazel

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Colour Challenge
using the word β€˜green’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Limerick, Poetry, Word Prompt

One Bad Apple

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick
. The prompt word
is β€˜apple’ and this is my limerick.

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Word Prompt

RDP Monday: phew

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œPHEW!”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Erasure Poem, Poetry, Theme Prompt

Got The Blues: An Erasure Poem

Written for David’s Weave Written Weekly
where Shaun asks us to write an erasure
poem. This is my first attempt and it was
great fun. Thanks for the prompt, Shaun!

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Micro Story, Word Prompt

The Mating Game

Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where Sammi asks us to get creative
in exactly 26 words using the word β€˜mood’.
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Informative, Music Blog, Theme Prompt

It’s My Life

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
“Pondering Existential Thoughts”.
This is my response to the challenge.

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt

Feeding The Garden

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #072
. I chose Pic #1.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Informative, Music Blog, Word Prompt

RDP Saturday: time

Written for RDP, where Punam asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œtime”.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Short Story, Theme Prompt, Word Prompt

When Winter Came With Teeth

Written for Muse on Monday where David  
asks us to write a story about cold winter
as the antagonist. Also for FOWC With
Fandango
and the  word β€œshivering”.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Mystery, Phrase Prompt, Short Story

The Color Of Lies: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Violet’s Literary Quote Challenge
where she asks us to include the following line
into our writing: β€œThings need not have
happened to be true
.” Here’s my response.

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt

Best In Show

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In”
exactly 66 words using the six prompt words
shown below. In exactly 66 words, here’s my flash.

underdog, decorate, lollipop, hexagon, money, and photograph

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt

Slip Slidin’ Away

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

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Informative, Music Blog, Theme Prompt

Regrets, I’ve Had A Few: Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration #318 –
β€œAlways On My Mind”. Here’s my response.

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Poem, Poetry, Word Prompt

The Weaver

Written for RDP, where leapingtoes asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œmaster”.
Thanks, Toes! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Cinquain, Poetry, Word Prompt

No Place Like It

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #38 where our
inspiration word is β€œhome”. Here’s my mirror cinquain.

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Poetry, Theme Prompt

Among The Ripples

Written for dVerse Poetics – β€œThe Smile In A Simile”
hosted this week by Dora. This is my response.

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Mystery, Phrase Prompt, Short Story

Reconstruction

Written for Jolene’s It’s Story Time.
The prompts are shown below;
here’s where they took me.

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Informative, Music Blog, Word Prompt

RDP Wednesday: funky

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
 to get creative with the word β€œfunky”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Mystery, Scary Story, Short Story, Theme Prompt

Street Fight

Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #231.
Here’s my story, using Fandango’s line.

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Limerick, Poetry, Word Prompt

Goodness Gracious!

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #269
. The prompt
word is β€˜calm’. This is my limerick.

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