Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #10.
Our inspiration word is “treasure”.
Here’s where my thoughts went.
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. ♡✒️♬
Smiling Girls & Rosy Boys
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #426 using the word ‘plethora’;
in exactly 67 words, this is my take.
Title Track: Photograph
Written for Song Lyric Sunday
where we’re writing about a song
that became the title of an album.
Here’s how the theme inspired me.
Like Magic!
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#297” – exactly 41 words using the five required
prompts: ‘balloon’, ‘fancy’, ‘trance’, ‘satchel’,
and ‘monkey’. Also for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly
Prompts The One Day Prompt #15.
Here’s where my thoughts went.
Stranded
Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #68. This week’s
inspiration is the photo seen below.
This is where the photo took me.
Lucky Cluck
Written for The Unicorn Challenge.
This is my 102nd and final story.
Big Red
Our gracious host, Rochelle, encourages us
to be creative by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt below.
This is Friday Fictioneers and this
is where the photo took me.
Without A Care
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #425 using the word ‘lagoon’,
with inspiration from a great image
by Kevin @ No Theme Thursday.
In exactly 48 words, this is my take.
How Sweet It Is
Written for dVerse ~ Poet’s Pub: Who Has A Sweet~Tooth?
Our host Lillian asks us to write a poem using candy
names. This is my sweet~tooth inspired haibun.
Into Oblivion
Written for dVerse Prosery: Walcott’s Dark August.
Our host Kim asks us to write a piece of flash fiction
of up to or exactly 144 words, including the line shown
below by Derek Walcott. Here’s where his line took me.
Discombobulated
Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly
Prompts Weekend Challenge, using
the phrase ‘back to front’.
Here’s were the prompt took me.
Imitation Of Love: An Etheree
Written for Melissa’s Fandango
Flash Fiction Challenge – #330.
Here’s where the photo took me.
Weird Al Wednesday Update
We have some big news, Al!
Are you ready or what?
Black Day In July
This week at Glyn Wilton’s Mixed Music Bag,
he’s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.
Here’s my featured July artist and his song.
Farewell To A Legend
Rest In Peace, Ozzy. You brought so much into our lives and there will never be anyone like you ever again. We’ll miss you, man. You’ll never be forgotten. 🤘🏼 🖤
This is a clip from Ozzy’s final performance.
All text and graphics are copyright for Nancy’s Notes 🖊️🎶, The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephant’s Trunk, The Rhythm Section, et al., and are not to be used without permission. NAR©2017-present.
The Switch
Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #241. Using the prompt
word ‘rich’, this is my limerick.
Doctor My Eyes!
Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge #043. I chose pic #2.
This etheree is where the image took me.
Against The Odds
Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt 9.
Our inspiration word is “brave”.
Here’s where my thoughts went.
Nickelodeon Nights
Written for W3 Prompt #168: Wea’ve Written Weekly
where David invites us to write about old-time wonders –
where cogs spin, gears click, and imaginations run on steam.
Here’s where my imagination took me.
After The Big O
Written for Song Lyric Sunday
where we’re writing about songs
that appear on an artist’s 2nd album.
Here’s how the theme inspired me.
Game Night
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#296” – exactly 57 words using the six required
prompts: ‘gag’, ‘climb’, ‘thriller’, ‘fussy’, ‘scorpio’
and ‘tombola’. Here’s where my thoughts went.
Just This One
In 2017, this was the first story
I wrote for The Elephant’s Trunk.
Rewritten for The Unicorn Challenge where we are encouraged
to write a story in 250 words or less using the photo below
as inspiration. Here’s the memory that was ignited.
Blonde On Blonde
Our gracious host, Rochelle,
encourages us to be creative
by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt
below. This is Friday Fictioneers
and this is where the photo took me.
Bondage
I thought that title might grab your attention!
Read on…..
Did You Know?
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #297.
This is where my imagination took me.
Gesundheit!
Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #240. Using the prompt
word ‘sneeze’, this is my limerick.
On This Day
July In Cheyenne
This week at Glyn Wilton’s Mixed Music Bag,
he’s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.
Here’s my featured July artist and his song.
Broken Alliance
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #424 using the word ‘demure’,
Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Weekend
Challenge (intoxicating) and OMIMM
Weekly Writing Prompt #67. In 70 words,
this is where my imagination took me.
Once A Child
Happy 14th Poet Pub Anniversary!
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille
Monday – #227 where our inspiration
word is “turn”. Here is my quadrille.
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