Musing, Very Short Story

RDP Friday: annoy

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘annoy’
. Here’s my take.

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Miscellaneous, Music Blog

At Seventeen: Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration #303 – “Brutal”.
Here’s my response.

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Flash, Mini Story

Night Stalker

Our gracious host, Rochelle, @ Friday Fictioneers
encourages us to be creative by writing a story in  
100 words or less using the photo prompt below.
 Here’s where the image took me.

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Free Verse, Poem

RDP Thursday: street lamp

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘street lamp’
. And at Esther’s
Writing Prompt #88, today’s word is ‘leave/s’.

Using both prompts, here’s my take.

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Short Story

The House Across The Street

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Weekend
Challenge
, using the word ‘maximalist’.
 Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Miscellaneous, Musing

Did You Know

How did the tradition of pumpkin-carving get its start?

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Musing, Short Story

RDP Wednesday: cranny

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘cranny’
. Here’s my take.

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Music Blog

Summer Soft

This week at Glyn Wilton’s Mixed Music Bag,
he’s asking us to write about a song which
mentions the current month in the title or lyrics. 
Here’s my October artist and his song.

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Short Story

Warning Sign

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #81
and the
photo prompt shown below. Also for

Fandango’s One Word Challenge – ‘horoscope’.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Musing, Short Story

RDP Tuesday: pet

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘pet’
. Here’s my take.

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Limerick, Poem

Loaf Afloat

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #254
. The prompt
word is ‘bread’. This is my limerick.

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Poem, Quadrille

Forever And Ever

Written for dVerse Quadrille #234: A Sparkler
A Day!
Punam invites us to celebrate Diwali
by writing a quadrille including a form of
the word “sparkler”. This is my quadrille.

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Mini Story, Musing

RDP Monday: mesh

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘mesh’
. Here’s my take.

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Poem

Spider Dance

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #056
. I chose pic #3.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Cinquain, Poem

Sweater Weather

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #22.
Our inspiration word is “smoke”.
 I have written a Mirror Cinquain.

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Flash, Mini Story

Uphill Battle

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘scree’
. Here’s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story

Reveille!

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#438
where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
57 words using the word ‘clinomania’. Here’s my take.

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Music Blog

Sticks And Stones

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“The Old Adage”
Here’s how the theme inspired me.

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Flash, Micro Story

RDP Saturday: clutch

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘clutch’
. Here’s my take.

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Music Blog

Time Won’t Let Me

Written for Thursday Inspiration #302 –
“Right Place, Wrong Time”
.
Here’s my inspirational response.

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Short Story

Dream Lover

Written for This Week’s Writer’s Workshop
hosted by our friend, John Holton.
I’ve chosen prompts #3: write a story with
the provided opening line. Here goes!

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Flash, Mini Story

RDP Friday: pioneer

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘pioneer’
. Here’s my take.

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Fantasy, Flash, Mini Story

Feed Your Head

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” –
#309
in exactly 26 words using these five
prompt words: ‘organic’, ‘caterpillar’, and
‘sudoku’. Here’s my flash in exactly 26 words.

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Flash, Mini Story, Mystery

Silent Night

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
encourages us to be creative by writing a story in 100
words or less using the photo prompt below. I am also
going with Fandango’s Story Starter #222 to provide
my first sentence. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Uncategorized

RDP Thursday: nuts

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘nuts’
. Here’s my take.

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Mystery, Short Story

Tres Chic

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #80
and the
photo prompt shown below.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Limerick, Poem

The Nose Knows

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #253
. The prompt
word is ‘follow’. This is my limerick.

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Haiku, Poem

In Autumn

Written for Esther’s Writing Prompts #86
incorporating the word “shade”.
Here’s where the prompt led me.

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Flash, Mini Story

Out Cold

RBD Tuesday: splotch

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘splotch’
. Here’s my take.

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Music Blog

October & April

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 October artists and their song.

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