Written for Shwetaβs Saturday Six Word Challenge #129.
The prompt this week is βvisionβ. Here is my 6 word story.
Author: Nancy's Notes ποΈβ¬
Unaffected
Written for Shwetaβs Saturday Six Word Challenge #129.
The prompt this week is βvisionβ. Here is my 6 word story.
Breaking News
Written for dVerse Poets Pub
Complaint, A Poem of Lament
This is my Clerihew
Sunday Morning With Carlo & Marie
Written for The Unicorn Challenge where
we are urged to get creative in 250 words or less.
The photo below is our inspiration; this is my story.
Nature’s Buffet
Written for Eugiβs Moonwashed Weekly Prompts.
Inspirations appear below. This is my Dectina Refrain.
No Way Out
Written for OLWG #408. The three prompt
phrases are shown below. This is my story.
The Argument
Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration
to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.
I’m OK, You’re OK
Written for Jimβs Thursday Inspiration #27 –
βDaddy, Where Did I Come From?β
Our inspiration is βgreenβ. Hereβs my spin on things.
March, the Mad Scientist
This week at Glyn Wiltonβs Mixed Music Bag,
heβs asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.
Hereβs my featured March artists and their song.
Star Child
Written for Shwetaβs Saturday Six Word Challenge #128.
The prompt this week is βdreamβ. Here is my 6 word story.
Hoots Mon
Written for dVerse Poets β Quadrille #219
A Poetic Hootenanny. Our inspiration this week
is βhootβ. This is my hootenanny quadrille.
Weird Al Wednesday – 3.12.25
Hey! Welcome back to Weird Al Wednesday
featuring the comedic genius of Al Yankovic
βSay, Al! Did you know Tom Hanks has been
in more than 80 movies and youβve only been
in 15? What do you think about that?β
Swamp-A-Palooza: A Limerick
Written for Estherβs βCan You Tell A Story Inβ¦..? #277β
Exactly 40 words including the five required prompts:
βhammockβ, βplayboyβ, βalligatorβ, βbassoonβ and βtenderβ.
This is my 40 word very short story in limerick form.
The Last Violin
Written for Sue & Gerryβs Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge (important) and for
Gerry & Sueβs Weekly Prompts Wednesday
Challenge (fragile). This is my response,
originally written in 2017, my 1st year blogging.
Carpe Diem: An Ovi
Written for Ovi Poetry Challenge #90.
This weekβs inspiration is βopportunityβ.
Keeping with the yearβs theme of positivity,
this is my Ovi.
A to Z Challenge

The A-Z Challenge is coming up soon and this is the first year I’m participating. My theme is a topic near and dear to my heart, something I blog about often: the world of entertainment, in particular music and film. I’m excited! Watch for my first post in April; a very special friend is preparing a custom-made logo for my theme as we speak!
Stay tuned!
NARΒ©2025
All text and graphics are copyright for Nancyβs Notes ποΈπΆ, The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephantβs Trunk, The Rhythm Section, et al., and are not to be used without permission. NARΒ©2017-present.

Until Love: A Reverse Etheree
Written for Eugiβs Moonwashed Weekly Prompts.
Prompt words appear below.
This is my reverse etheree.
911
Written for Sammiβs Weekend Writing Prompt #406
using the word βdecisiveβ. In 39 words, this is my flash.
The Story of Youngblood Priest
Written for Jim Adamsβ Song Lyric Sunday
post ‘Get Over It Day’. This is my song.
Tuesday’s Child: A Waltmarie
Written for dVerse Poets Meet At the Bar:
The Poetry of Names. Just last week
the theme at Song Lyric Sunday was
songs that feature our names.
This is my Waltmarie.*
We Can Dance
Written for Friday Faithfuls
Dance Like No One Is Watching.
These are my thoughts.
The Sentinel
Written for The Unicorn Challenge where
we are urged to get creative in 250 words or less.
The photo below is our inspiration; this is my story.
The Thing
Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration
to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.
To Tell The Truth
Written for Kymberβs Get To Know You #55.
What Are Two Truths And A Lie?
Hereβs my response.
Let’s Get It On
This week at Glyn Wiltonβs Mixed Music Bag,
heβs asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.
Hereβs my featured March artists and their song.
Happy Together
Written for Sammiβs Weekend Writing Prompt #405
using the word βgallantβ. In 27 words, this is my story.
Weird Al Wednesday 3.5.25
Hey! Welcome back to Weird Al Wednesday
featuring the comedic genius of Al Yankovic.
βSay, Al! Someone told me you directed the
music for your recording of βJurassic Parkβ.
Thatβs amazing! Can you give us a sample
of your crazy-good conducting skills?β
Night of the Lepus: A Haibun
Written for dVerse Poets Haibun Monday 3-3-25.
Our inspiration this week is βMarch Madnessβ.
This is my haibun.
Stuck
Sadje asks us What Do You See?
in the image below. This is my response.
Cry Me A River
Written for Shwetaβs Saturday Six Word Challenge #126.
I have also used one of the great images by Kevin @
No Theme Thursday. This week’s prompt word is
βhopelessβ. Here is my 6 word very short story.