Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“International Day of the Girl Child”
Author: Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬
Daughter of Sicilian immigrants, wife, mother, grammy, friend, empath, survivor, dreamer, storyteller, humorist, singer, musician, author, blogger, wannabe-poet, plant rescuer, cook, lover of good wine, food, iced cappuccino, elephants, the sea, Montauk, Sicily, movies and music, especially my beloved Beatles. ♡✒️♬
At A Snail’s Pace: Mirror Cinquain
Written for Crispina’s
Crimson’s Creative Challenge
October Sunset: A Kimo
Written for Val’s Haiku Scavenger Hunt
#7 where we are asked to write a kimo.
Tis The Season
Written for Val’s Haiku Scavenger Hunt
#6 where we are asked to write a troiku.
The Last Crossing: The Story of Thomas & Mary Ashworth
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
“RMS Mauretania: Queen of the Atlantic”.
Finally a steam ship story that isn’t tragic!
At Rest: A Sijo
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Destiny, asks us to write
a poem using one or more of the
Urdu words she has provided.
Inspiration from an image by
Brian at bushboys world.
Into The Future
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub
where Jill challenges us to write our
haiku using this image as inspiration.
I’ve written a ukiah for prompt #5
from Val’s Haiku Scavenger Hunt.
ancient monitors that glow
data moving slow
dialing lines from long ago
NAR©2025
Nancy’s Notes: Ukiah is a true reverse Haiku developed by Robert Ropars. It isn’t just the name that’s reversed; instead of typical un-rhymed haiku consisting of 3 lines with a syllable count of 5/7/5, ukiah consists of 3 lines with a syllable count of 7/5/7 and all 3 lines must rhyme.
This is “Computer Blue” by Prince
Everything on The Elephant’s Trunk was created by me, unless otherwise indicated, and may not be used without permission. Thanks for your consideration. NAR©2017-present.
Up, Up & Away!
Written for Val’s Haiku Scavenger Hunt
#4 where we are to write an American
Sentence. Also for Sadje’s weekly
question “What Do You See”.
Introduction
Written for dVerse Poets Pub – Introducing:
An Eight Year Old Artist – Azul. Our host,
Lillian, asks us to choose one of Azul’s
paintings and write an ekphrastic poem.
Under The Bridge
Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. This is Friday Fictioneers.
The Lady Breaks(down): SenHai
Lonely Carousel: A Zappai
Written for Val’s Haiku Scavenger Hunt
#3 where we are to write a zappai, inspired
by the image from all my friends at Blog 57.
Back Before Dark
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille –
“A Pocket In Your Poems”. Our host,
De, asks us to write a 44-word poem
using some form of the word “pocket”.
Get Down!
Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 62 words using the keywords below
and for Esther’s Writing Prompts’ word ‘play’.
breakdance, vaccine, martini, shifty, woodpecker, horoscopd
Continue reading “Get Down!”A Sign: A Zip Haiku
Written for Sadje’s weekly query:
What Do You See? and for Val’s
Haiku Scavenger Hunt #2 where
the challenge is to write a zip haiku.
The Big Push: A Case For Dirk Malone
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:
show, backbone, beings, believe, bit, storm,
stream, ring, scratch, tempting, devil, hunch
The Fumble: A Limerick
Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “tight”.
Backyard Captains
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
Di’s prompt words are shown here:
must, wake, shake, make, shock, smile,
brave, walk, plan, hands, pants, sad
Divided Road: An Abhanga
Written for Tanka Tuesday. Our host, Willow,
asks us to write a poem about a historical event
which took place in the month of October. The
Abhanga is a poem with any number of stanzas,
each consisting of four lines with a syllable count
of 6/6/6/4. Lines 2 & 3 are the ones that rhyme.
Going Ape
Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where our host Sammi asks us to use
“sleep” in exactly 15 words. Also for
Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Colour
Challenge and the word “orange”.
Rising Storm
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
Reena offers us two inspiring images for
our story or poem. We may use one or both.
Feasting: A SenHai
Written for Living Poetry. Bartholomew
asks us to write a poem using this
image as our inspiration.
Carpet Of Gold: A Haiku
Written for Val’s Haiku Scavenger Hunt
#1 where we are to write a haiku with
a seasonal word and a turn.
Many Unhappy Returns: A Minnie Ming Mystery
Written for Great Minds Think – “The Five
Clues Challenge”. Our hosts, Sarah & Rohini,
challenge us to write a poem or story
incorporating these five clues:
a red umbrella, a missing tooth, 1984,
a woman who hates birthdays, a bird that cannot fly
Too Much Of A Good Thing: Senryu
Written for Senryu Sunday ~
Rall has offered several images;
this one sparked my imagination.
Here’s Johnny!
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Crisp Autumn Weather”
Dear Mother: Anaphoric Cinquain
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Khadija, asks us to write
an anaphoric cinquain where at
least the first three lines of our
poems begin with the same word.
Almost Home: A Widow’s Song ~ SS Sultana
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
“SS Sultana: A Fire That Changed Laws”.
This poem/ballad was written in the voice of
Sarah Campbell, widow of Pvt. William T.
Campbell, 7th Tennessee Cavalry. Everything
I have written about Pvt. Campbell, Cahaba,
Andersonville, and Sultana is true and based on fact.
It Don’t Come Easy: Broken Couplet
Written for dVerse Poets –Poetry Form:
‘Breaking Up the Couple(t)’. Our host,
Grace, asks us to write a poem with
a broken, split or hinged couplet.
In The Glow: Mirror Cinquain
Written for Crispina’s
Crimson’s Creative Challenge
