Written for Haiku Fridays with Jill.
This week’s theme is candles.
Heated Hallucinations
Written for Melissaβs Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge. Hereβs where the prompts took me.
Letting It Out
Written for Living Poetry where our host,
Bartholomew, asks us to write a poem using
the words βartβ, destroyβ, and βlaughβ.
Hereβs where the prompts took me.
Backyard Chronicles
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.
On The Road Again
Look who’s driving!
That’s right, kids! I’m back in the driver seat!
I met with the surgeon yesterday; he was very pleased with my progress and gave me the OK to start driving again. I am thrilled to have my independence back, but most importantly, to be on the road to a full recovery. As a bonus,Bill now can enjoy a well-deserved break from being my chauffeur!
It’s a great relief to see how improved I am since just last week, but I need to remember, I am still rehabilitating. Another follow-up with the surgeon is scheduled for six weeks from now and I will continue with physical therapy until then.
This is a huge step for me! Thank you, my WordPress family, for your encouragement and very good wishes all these months.
Love from Nancy
This is “I Can’t Drive 55” by Sammy Hagar
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Everything on The Elephant’s Trunk was created by me, unless otherwise indicated. Thanks for your consideration. NARΒ©2017-present.
Unseen
Written for Sadjeβs What Do You See
and for Fandangoβs Story Starter.
Hereβs where the prompts took me.
The Plank
Written for Thursday Doors Writing Challenge 2026.
This week I am writing a story inspired by a photo
by Katy Trail of an abandoned building that
looks like it holds a lot of dark secrets.
Hereβs where the image took me.
Old Songs
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where the prompts took me.
ring, softly, fell, never, nostalgia, wrong,
pain, barrel, radio, danced, tea, only
The Accidental Cook
Written for Estherβs Laughing Along
With A Limerick. The prompt word is
βwarnβ. Hereβs where the prompt took me.
Let Them Eat Cake!
Written for Tanka Tuesday where Colleen
asks us to write a poem using homophones.
Hereβs where the prompt took me.
Last Trip Home
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week are
shown below. Hereβs where the prompts took me.
lifetime, share, relax, connect, place, last,
class, awe, home, will, years, & tripΒ
RDP Tuesday: gift
Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
Β to get creative with the word βgiftβ.
Thanks, Martha! Hereβs where the prompt took me.
Inferno: A Badger’s Hexastitch
Written for Sue & Gerryβs Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge word βhellβ. I am using
a fab photo by Brian at bushboys world for
my image. Hereβs where the prompts took me.
Going To The Game
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille β
This Oneβs Gone To The Dogs! The
challenge cooked up by De Jackson is to
write a 44 word poem with the word βdogβ.
Hereβs where the prompt took me.
Wall Of Black
Written for Sammiβs Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly 53
words using the prompt word βthunderstormβ.
Hereβs where the prompt took me.
RDP Monday: eupeptic
Written for RDP where segoil asks us
Β to get creative with the word βeupepticβ.
Thanks, Heather! Hereβs where the prompt took me.
Between The Snowflakes
Written for Reenaβs Xploration Challenge,
where we are encouraged to wrap our heads
around the word βelusiveβ. Hereβs my take.
Shopping Day
Written for Estherβs βCan You Tell A Story Inβ –
exactly 100 words using the prompt words
shown below. Hereβs where the prompts took me.
expire β squint β cult β lemon β grandpa
stampede β helicopter β market β pompom – woof
Call Me!
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
βCelebrating World Telecommunications
& Information Society Dayβ.
This is my response to the challenge.
His Majesty
Written for SenHai Saturday where our host,
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku using
the image shown below as inspiration.
Hereβs where the image took me.
The Sea
Written for Davidβs Weaβve Written Weekly.
Hope is our PoW this week; her prompt is
to write a 10-20 line Dinggedicht poem.
Hereβs where the prompt took me.
RDP Saturday: votive
Written for RDP where Punam asks us to
get creative with the words βvotiveβ.
Thanks, Punam! Hereβs where the prompt took me.
The Seventeenth Shelf
Written for Sadjeβs What Do You See
and for Muse on Monday where David
asks us to write about a hunt or a search.
Hereβs where the prompts took me.
Acts Of Love
Written for dVerse Poets β Unlock With Lists.
Our host, BjΓΆrn, invites us to get creative with
the use of lists. Hereβs where the prompt took me.
Mellow Yellow
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
Thanks, Jill. Here’s mine.
π
The Messenger’s Bicycle
When I saw this photo on Brianβs site,
Bushboy’s World, I knew I wanted to
write something. Here it is. Thanks to
Brian for the use of his wonderful photo.
The old bicycle leaned against the shed wall in Gallipoli, 1915. Private Thomas Webb had ridden it through dust and danger, leather saddlebags stuffed with dispatches too sensitive for the telegraph.
The green canvas bag held rations …. hard biscuits, a tin of jam. The pale linen pouch concealed folded maps, pencil-marked with troop positions. The rolled leather bundle on the front fork? Letters, dozens of them, from mothers and sweethearts, promises of home.
Thomas never read them. That wasn’t his job.
On a Tuesday morning in April, he made his last run between command posts. The bicycle came back without him, bags still full, chain still ticking softly as it rolled to a stop against a stone wall.
Someone propped it there. Nobody moved it.
If only bags could speak.
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This is βDiggers of the Anzac (This is Gallipoli)β by John Williamson
All text and graphics are copyright for Nancy Richy and are not to be used without permission. NARΒ©2017-present.
Secret Pond
Written for Crimsonβs Creative Challenge.
Hereβs where Crispina’s image took me.
Going Home
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.
RDP Thursday: peaceful
Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
Β to get creative with the word βpeacefulβ.
Thanks, Martha! Hereβs where the prompt took me.
Moving On
Written for Tanka Tuesday where Robbie asks
us to write any form of poem to tell a story with
a beginning, a middle, and an end. Thanks to
Maureen for her from Thursday Door Challenge
photo. Hereβs where the prompts took me.
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