Limerick, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Jilted

Written for Living Poetry. Bartholomew
asks us to write a haberdasher poem,
using this image for inspiration.

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Phrase Prompt, Quote, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Rehearsal

Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
Reena has shared an image and this quote
by Albert Camus to use as our inspiration:
β€œCommunication is impossible with slaves.”

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Micro Story, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Bungle In The Jungle

Written for β€œCan You Tell A Story In”
exactly 32 words using these keywords.

jungle, risotto, walrus

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Photo Prompt, Poetry, Senryu, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Perched: A Senryu

Written for Senryu Sunday ~
Rall has offered several images;
this is the one that spoke to me.

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Informative, Music Blog, Song, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

One Thing Leads To Another

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
β€œThe Transition Follows

What Was Built Before It”

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Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

When Harry Met Sally

Written for Muse On Monday.
David challenges us to write a
story about a character with
a prosthetic body part.

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Continuing Series, Flash, Mystery, Original Series, Photo Prompt, Recurring Character, Short Story, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Where There’s A Will: A Minnie Ming Mystery

Written for Crispina’s
Crimson’s Creative Challenge

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

Boink! ~ A SenHai

Written for SenHai Saturday
where Susi invites us to use
this image as inspiration.

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Continuing Series, Longer Stories, Original Series, Theme Prompt

What My Grandfather Carried: Domenic DiStefano and the General Slocum

Inspired by Max’s blog, β€˜Old Steam Ships’:
β€œPS General Slocum – New York’s Forgotten
Tragedy”. This story is very personal and was
difficult for me to write. It’s my grandfather’s
story of what would be the worst loss of life
from a single disaster in the history of New
York until 9/11. Thank you for reading.

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Pantoum, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Lighthouse Keeper: A Pantoum

Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Reena, invites us to
explore the music of repetition
by writing a pantoum poem*.

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Haiku, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Strength

Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub
where Jill challenges us to write our
haiku using this image as inspiration.

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Informative, Short Story, Stream of Consciousness, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

RDP Friday: fleet

Written for RDP where Lou asks us
to get creative with the word β€œfleet”.

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Photo Prompt, Poetry, Song, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Follow The Dream But Watch Out For Wicked Witches

Β©  Pinterest

Written for Sadje’s weekly query:
 What Do You See?

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Unbreakable

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

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

Malcontent

Written for Esther’s Writing Prompt
using the keyword β€˜crafty’.

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Theme Prompt, Poetry, Writing Prompts, Writing Challenge

Time To Face The Music

Written for dVerse Poetics Tuesday –
To Ma’am/Sir. Our host, Punam, asks
us to write a poem about our teachers.

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Mini Story, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Speechless

Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where our host Sammi asks us to use
 β€œtrade” in exactly 90 words. Also
for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Colour Challenge
– β€œlilac”.

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

Perfect Strangers

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.

smug,
noise, celebration, assumed, gentle, quiet,
reserved, delivered, surprised, guest, one, unkind

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

Feeding Time

Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is β€œchew”.

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

That Special Day

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:

plumes, tufts, mosses, fantasy, fabric, filtering,
threads, forest, cracks, layer, ruffle, flow

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Micropoetry, Pi-Ku, Poetry, Tanka, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Come Autumn: A Pi-Ku

Written for Tanka Tuesday. Our host, Melissa,
ask us to write a traditional 3-line Pi-Ku
.

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Quote, Sci-Fi, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Cosmic Connection

Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
Reena has offered us a choice of quotes
with a twist to use as our inspiration. I
have selected: β€œWe are all made of
stardust, trying to remember the sky”.

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Poetry, Quadrille, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

A New Tomorrow

Written for dVerse Quadrille
β€œX Marks the Spot”. Our host,
Melissa, invites us to write a
quadrille with the word ”xenolith”.

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Plan

Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge using the image below as inspiration.

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American Cinquain, Ekphrastic, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

In Protest: An American Cinquain

Written for Living Poetry. Bartholomew asks
us to write a poem using the image
shown here as our inspiration.

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Continuing Series, Longer Stories, Original Series, Theme Prompt

Rammed At Dawn

Inspired by Max’s blog, β€˜Old Steam Ships’
RMS Olympic: Old Reliable.
Please be sure
to check out Max’s site for more information,
videos, and photos of RMS Olympic.

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Short Story, Musing, Theme Prompt, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts, Writing Challenge, Monologue, Diary Entry

Dear Diary

Written for Great Minds Think –
β€œWhat the Hedge Knows”. Our hosts,

Sarah & Rohini, ask us to use this image
as inspiration for our piece, keeping
our main focus on the hand.

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Mini Story, Mystery, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Valley Of Desolation

Written for β€œCan You Tell A Story In”
exactly 60 words using the prompts

shown below, as well as Esther’s Writing
Prompts and the word “bridge”.

cow, sarong, grapefruit, hobby,
wheelbarrow, alphabet

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Photo Prompt, Poetry, Senryu, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Game Of Thrones

Written for Rall’s Senryu Sunday

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Music Blog, Informative, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts, Writing Challenge

Celebrating September Birthdays

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
β€œCalendar (New Style) Act 1750”

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