Haiku, Poem, Word Prompt

RDP Saturday: new beginnings

Written for RDP, where Punam asks us to
ย get creative with the words โ€˜new beginningsโ€™.
Thanks, Punam! Hereโ€™s my take.

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Dialogue, Theme Prompt

Lost With George & Martha: A Redux

Re-written for Davidโ€™s Weave Written Weakly #192
where Josie asks us to write a conversational poem,

no more than 20 lines long, inspired by Frank O’Hara’s
“Metaphysical Poem”. Revised from a 2024 story with
my recurring characters, “George & Martha”,
this is my response. Thanks, Josie!

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Limerick, Poem, Word Prompt

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Written for Estherโ€™s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #264
. The prompt
word is โ€˜doorโ€™. This is my limerick.

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Musing, Poem, Word Prompt

RDP Friday: perspective

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
ย to get creative with the word โ€˜perspectiveโ€™.
Thanks, Martha! Hereโ€™s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Short Story

In A Fog

Written for Sadjeโ€™s โ€œWhat Do You Seeโ€ #321.
Hereโ€™s where the photo prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Mystery, Photo Prompt, Short Story

The Wrong Turn

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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Flash, Mini Story, Musing, Word Prompt

RDP Thursday: reset

Written for RDP, where leapingtoes asks us
ย to get creative with the word โ€˜resetโ€™.
Thanks, Toes! Hereโ€™s my take.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt

Try Love

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing Prompt
#448
where weโ€™re asked to be creative in
exactly 42 words using the word โ€˜notionโ€™.
Hereโ€™s where the prompt took me.

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Short Story, Theme Prompt

Like Sugar In Rain

Written for Violetโ€™s Challenge where she has
asked us to include the following quote into
our writing: โ€œ
One must be very sure of the
bank before one opens an account.โ€
Hereโ€™s my response to the challenge.

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Uncategorized

Happy New Year!

To you, my friends!

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Flash, Poem, Word Prompt

RDP Wednesday: apricate

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
ย to get creative with the word โ€˜apricateโ€™.
Thanks, Heather! Hereโ€™s my take.

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Music Blog

December Song (I Dreamed of Christmas)

This week at Glyn Wiltonโ€™s Mixed Music Bag,
heโ€™s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month. 
Hereโ€™s my December artist and his song
.

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Flash, Mini Story, Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle

A Decade Of Us

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #457.
Our twelve prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me. Thanks, Di!

closed, kind, lights, love, memory, over,
pleasure, presence, smile, time, touch, and whim

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Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle

Unwrapping The Memories

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #737. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week are
shown below.  Hereโ€™s where the prompts took me.

lingering, felt, sharp, human, point, oddly,
full, sense, instead, joy, sit, and place

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Uncategorized

Cyster Update

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Poem, Word Prompt

RDP Tuesday: evanescent

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
 to get creative with the word โ€˜evanescentโ€™.
Thanks, Martha! Hereโ€™s my take.

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Informative, Miscellaneous, Trivia

Did You Know

New Year’s resolutions started nearly 4,000 years ago.

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Cinquain, Poem, Word Prompt

Epiphany

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #32 where
our inspiration word is โ€œgiftโ€. This is my cinquain.

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Micro Story, Word Prompt

RDP Monday: unruffled

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
ย to get creative with the word โ€˜unruffledโ€™.
Thanks, Heather! Hereโ€™s my take.

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Mini Story, Theme Prompt

The Favor

Written for Fandangoโ€™s Story Starter #227.
Hereโ€™s my story, using Fandangoโ€™s teaser
,
“it was just for one night”.

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Mystery, Noir, Short Story

The Wagging Tail Case: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Violetโ€™s challenge where she has
asked us to include the following quote
into our writing:
โ€œA dog has lots of friends
because it wags its tail and not its tongue.โ€

Hereโ€™s my response to the challenge.

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Prompt

RDP Sunday: incipient

Written for RDP, where drkottaway asks us
 to get creative with the word โ€˜incipientโ€™.
Thanks, Doc! Hereโ€™s my take.

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Free Verse, Photo Prompt, Poem

Translucent Sorrow

Written for Crispinaโ€™s Crimsonโ€™s Creative
Challenge #066
. I chose Pic #3.
Hereโ€™s where the image took me.

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Music Blog

Eek! Rats!

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
Hickory Dickory Dock
This is my response to the challenge.

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Poem, Word Prompt

RDP Saturday: wrap

Written for RDP, where Punam asks us
 to get creative with the word โ€˜wrapโ€™.
Thanks Punam! Hereโ€™s my take.

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Informative, Musing, Uncategorized

AI: Yes Or No?

Written in response to Friday Faithfuls:
โ€œAI Is Hereโ€. Hereโ€™s my response.

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Limerick, Musing, Short Story, Theme Prompt

Fade Into Indigo

Written for Muse on Monday where David
asks us to write a story about a border, either in
space or time. Hereโ€™s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Mystery, Word Prompt

Deadly Serving

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing Prompt
#447
where weโ€™re asked to be creative in
exactly 68 ย words using the word โ€˜teaspoonโ€™.
Hereโ€™s where the prompt took me.

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Music Blog, Musing, Theme Prompt, Word Prompt

Ring Those Bells!

Written for Thursday Inspiration #312 โ€“
โ€œCarol of the Bellsโ€. Hereโ€™s my response.

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt

Tripping

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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