Flash, Micro Story

Slashdance

Written for Esther’s Can You Tell A Story In – #305
in exactly 38 words using these four prompt words:
‘algorithm’, ‘waxwork’, ‘razzle-dazzle’, and ‘elicit’.
Here’s my flash in exactly 38 words.

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Mini Story

My Interview With George Harrison

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 a snippet

of a story I wrote years ago. At that time, I failed to indicate
that it was a fiction piece, which made a few people angry at me.
Utterly ridiculous! FFS! Like I really interviewed George Harrison!
This is Friday Fictioneers and here’s where the photo took me.

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Limerick, Poem

How The Mighty Have Fallen

Written for RDP Thursday: PRECARIOUS
Today I’ve chosen to write a limerick.

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Short Story

Lying Lips

Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #219.
This is my story, using Fandango’s opening line.

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Flash, Mini Story

Aw, Shucks!

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#434
where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
77 words using the word ‘woebegone’. Also for
Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge
where the prompt word is ‘imagine’’ and Fandango’s FOWC

using the word ‘weed’. Here’s where the three prompts took me.

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Acrostic, Flash, Poem

Tweet Tweet

Written for RDP Wednesday: TWITTER
I’ve chosen to write an acrostic poem.

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Music Blog

See You In September

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 September artist and their song.

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Uncategorized

Splish Splash

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #250
including the
word ‘shower’. This is my limerick.

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Short Story

Alpine Nights

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #307.
Here’s where the two photo prompts took me.

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Informative, Miscellaneous, Trivia

Did You Know?

Which bird has the largest wingspan in the world?

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Cinquain, Poem

Cloud Nine

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #18.
Our inspiration word is “think”. I have
 written a Mirror Cinquain, a 10-line,
single stanza poem with a syllable pattern
of 2 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 2 – 2 – 8 – 6 – 4 – 2.

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Music Blog

Song Lyric Sunday: Bookends

Written in response to this week’s challenge
for Jim Adams’ Song Lyric Sunday.

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Flash, Micro Story

Smile!

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #152
– based on the word ‘smile’.
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Free Verse, Poem

Faded Memories

Written for Esther’s Writing Prompts #83
incorporating the word “promises”.
Here’s where the prompt led me.

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Flash, Mini Story

The Vicar

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. Here’s where the photo took me.

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Limerick, Poem

Table For One

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With a Limerick #249
. Using the prompt
word  ‘funny’ and a great image shared
by Mike @ OMIMM, this is my limerick.

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Poem

Autumn Breeze

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

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Free Verse, Poem

Mischief

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#433
where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
60 words using the word ‘flibbertigibbet’.
Here’s where this very fun prompt took me.

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Music Blog

Try To Remember

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 September artist and his song.

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Short Story

On Mulberry Street

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #306.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Flash

Forever

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #151
– including the word ‘grow’.
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Free Verse, Poem

Before Dawn

Written for dVerse Prosery: T.S. Eliot and
J. Alfred Prufrock
. Björn, our host, challenges
us to write a poem of 144 words including the
highlighted line from “The Love Song of
J. Alfred Prufrock”
. Here is my poem.

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Miscellaneous

Hand Jive: The Saga Continues

MY MEDICAL UPDATE

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Flash, Micro Story

Piece By Piece

Written for Esther’s Can You Tell A Story In – #304
in exactly 61 words using these six prompt words:
‘palatial’, ‘volleyball’, ‘gravy’, ‘orchid’, ‘jigsaw’, and
‘squeak’. Here’s my flash in exactly 61 words.

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Cinquain, Poem

Here’s To You, Mr. Robinson

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative Challenge #051.
I chose pic #3. The image reminded me of a cinquain
I wrote last year. I had a lot of fun with it

and decided to use it again. Here it is!

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Music Blog

Captain Beyond

Written for Song Lyric Sunday.
Here’s how the theme inspired me.

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Stream of Consciousness

Hand Jive

Written for Stream of Consciousness where
our prompt word is “hand”. Here’s my stream.

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Short Story

Revelation

Written for Muse on Monday where David asks us
to write a story about our MC having an epiphany
at the beginning. Also written for Fandango’s Story
Starter #217
where the opening sentence
is provided.
This is where the prompts and my imagination took me.

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Miscellaneous

Nowhere Man: State Of Mind

Written in response to 9/12/25 Friday Faithfuls

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Cinquain, Flash, Poem

Twenty-Five To Life

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #17.
Our inspiration word is “trap”. I have
 written a Mirror Cinquain, a 10-line,
single stanza poem with a syllable pattern
of 2 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 2 – 8 – 6 – 4 – 2.

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