Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Calendar (New Style) Act 1750”
Seaside Polythene: A SenHai
Written for Crispina’s
Crimson’s Creative Challenge
Rebellious: A SenHai
Written for SenHai Saturday where our host
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku
using this image as our inspiration.
The Watchman of the Engine Room
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
“One of Lake Superior’s Enduring Mysteries”.
I have written a ghost poem/song about
“Old Whitey”, the specter who haunts the
Kamloops, preserved by the frigid water.
The Cousin
Written for Muse On Monday.
David challenges us to write a
story involving a distant relative.
Attitude
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub
where Jill challenges us to write our
haiku using this image as inspiration.
Goodbye, Captain Kangaroo: A Waltmarie
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Nigel, challenges us to
choose a specific aspect of our
life and write about the moment
it began to feel different.
Baby Face
Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. This is Friday Fictioneers.
Be Careful Who You Trust
Written for Thursday Inspiration –
“El Condor Pasa (If I Could)”
Island Dreams: A Haiku
Written for Sadje’s weekly query:
What Do You See?
Stone Memory
Written for dVerse Poetics: Lyric
Petrologies. Our host, Dora, asks
us to write a lyric poem featuring,
if not centering on, rock or stone.
Oh Snap!
Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “first”.
Telltale Trail
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
these are our prompt words:
biscuit, passed, duke, found, slight, princess,
curved, sheet, alone, downhill, happy, companion
Bugger!
Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 49 words using the prompts below.
diet – wasp – xylophone – chivalry – U-turn
Continue reading “Bugger!”The Silver Compass: A Minnie Ming Mystery
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:
velvet ~ compass ~ echo ~ random ~ rust ~ silver
shadow ~ pebble ~ stone ~ drone ~ clip ~ dry
Golden Hour Companions: A Chōka
Written for Tanka Tuesday were our host,
Robbie, asks us to write an alliterative poem.
Tickets To Ride
Re-written from 2023 for Great Minds Think –
Unexpected Impact. Our hosts, Sarah & Rohini, ask us
to examine something that had a powerful impact.
Not Not Truth
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
Our focus is on ‘fiction’ as Reena asks:
What constitutes fiction in the post-
truth era? How thin or distinct are
the lines between fact and fiction?
Greyhound, 1938: A Haibun
Written for dVerse Haibun Monday:
Wedding Bliss. Our host, Mish, ask us
to write a haibun based on a wedding.
Dedicated to my godparents.
Meditation: A Haiku
Written for Living Poetry. Bart asks
us to write a based on Jules Massenet’s
“Méditation” from the opera “Thaïs”
The Scrolls
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Michelle, challenges us to
write a tanaga* on “Life & Wisdom”.
Butt, Butt…. – A Senryu
Written for Rall’s Senryu Sunday.
Here’s the image I’ve chosen.
RDP Sunday: fishing
Written for RDP where drkottaway asks us
to get creative with the word “fishing”.
Life’s A Beach: Island Hopping
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“National Beach Day”
Half-Notes
Written for Sadje’s weekly query:
What Do You See?
In Tuscany
Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where our host Sammi asks us to use
“alfresco” in exactly 50 words. Also
for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts –
The One Day Prompt.
Too Proud: A SenHai
Written for SenHai Saturday where our host
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku
using this image as our inspiration.
Between Two Shores: Vito’s Story
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
SS Andrea Doria: The Last Great Ocean
Liner Disaster. This one is personal;
this is the story of my father,
what he felt in his heart and
what he would have said.
Wreckage: A Nadine Harrow Mystery
Written for Crispina’s
Crimson’s Creative Challenge
My Exercise Plan
Written for Esther’s Writing Prompt
using the prompt word ‘exercise’.
The Elephant's Trunk 