Monolet, Poetry, Writing Prompts

Listen To The Music: A Monolet

Created by Paul at Paul’s Poetry Playground,
this is my first attempt at a monolet*.

Thanks to our friend Ange for the intro.

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Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

C’est La Vie

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In”
exactly 57 words using the six prompt words
shown below. In 57 words, here’s my flash.

cat, pies, travesty, diamonds, chair, stationery

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

Gathering

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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Musing, Song, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Thursday: blue moods

Written for RDP where bushboy asks us to
get creative with the words β€œblue moods”.
Thanks, Brian! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Photo Prompt, Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Prompts

The Price of Pretty

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
I was also inspired by the image of
beautiful flowers behind bars from
Sadje’s β€œWhat Do You See” prompt.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

China, find, high, hunger, inside, place,
plea, pretty, shy, start, think, wonder

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

This Little Piggie

Written for Crispina’s Creative Challenge.
I’ve selected two photos for my story.
Here’s where the images took me.

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Photo Prompt, Phrase Prompt, Short Story, Writing Prompts

L’acqua Scorre (The Water Flows)

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts –
The One Day Prompt
. I have also borrowed
three prompts from TN Kerr’s OLWG #391,
and the reflective image from my amici at
Blog 57. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Informative, Song, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Wednesday: amaze

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

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Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle, Writing Prompts

Smoke & Whiskey

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

limits, list, still, bill, smoke, ring,
distant, wish, silky, spill, fit, keyΒ 

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Photo Prompt, Short Story, Writing Prompts

The Cabinet

Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge
using the image shown below for our
inspiration. Here’s where the image took me.

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Phrase Prompt, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Memories of Water

Written for β€œIt’s Story Time” where Jolene
has given us four prompts to work with.
They are shown below; here’s where they took me.

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Art Inspiration, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Writing Prompts

Guitar Patchwork

Written for Tanka Tuesday where our host,
Melissa, has asked us to write a poem of our
choosing inspired by the art of Romare Bearden.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Tuesday: deipnosophist

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

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Cinquain, Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

But You Gotta Have Faith

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt
where our inspiration is β€œfaith”.
This is my cinquain.

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

By The Gods!

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

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Haibun, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

L’alba: A Haibun

Written for dVerse Poets Pub ~ Haibun Monday:
β€œSilence”. The image is borrowed from my amici at
Blog 57. Frank is our host and this is my haibun.

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

Descending Rainbow: A SenHai

Written for SenHai Saturday where our
host Susi asks us to write a senryu and
a haiku using the image shown below
as inspiration. This is my take.

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Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Just Eat It!

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

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Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Deep Sieze

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In”
exactly 28 words using the prompt words
shown below. Here’s my flash.

scrabble – police – underwater

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Music Blog, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Guardians Of The Earth

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
β€œHome Planet”
This is my response to the challenge.

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

Landing, Viking Style

Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge.
I have chosen Pic #2.

Here’s where the image took me.

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Poetry, Rhyming Recipe, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

La Salsa di Pomodoro: A Rhyming Recipe for Traditional Italian Tomato Sauce

Written for David’s Wea’ve Written Weekly.
As PoW, my choice for this challenge was
Β to write a rhyming recipe using couplets.
Here’s where the prompt took me. Buon Appetito!

β€œA tavola non si invecchia” –
At the table, one does not grow old.

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Micro Story, Music Blog, Song, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Saturday: timid

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

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Mystery, Noir, Phrase Prompt, Recurring Character, Short Story, Writing Prompts

The Big Lie: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #241 –
β€œThe detective was sure the handwritten
confession was fake. Now all he had to do
was prove it”.
Here’s my response.

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Haibun, Photo Prompt, Phrase Prompt, Poetry, Writing Prompts

Azzurro Cielo: A Haibun

Written for Missy’s Mad Challenge.
I was inspired by the image I borrowed

from my amici at blog 57. Missy’s prompt
appears below. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Absurdist Fiction, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Love Is A Battlefield

Written for Muse On Monday. David has
asked us to write a story about a first date
in a war zone … whatever our definition of
a war zone is. Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

A Clockwork Copper

Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge
to write a story, poem, etc., inspired by the
image shown below. Here is my response.

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Dialogue, Poetry, Quadrille, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Can You Dig It?

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille: Let’s Get Digging.
Our host, Punam, invites us to write a44-word poem
using a form of the word β€œdig”. Here’s my quad.

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

Cursed

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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Ekphrastic, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Writing Prompts

Madeira Island

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

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