Poem

Almost Paradise

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge #045
. I chose pic #3.
This is where the image took me.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

It’s Just Not Fair!

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #427
using the word ‘conference’, and for Sue & Gerry’s

Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – ‘brown’.
In exactly 59 words, this is my take.

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Limerick, Poem

Rainy Night

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #243
. Using the prompt
word  ‘touch’, this is my limerick.

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Cinquain, Poem

The Climb

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #11.
Our inspiration word is “overcome”.
 Here’s where my thoughts went.

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Flash, Micro Story

Cosmic Kitchen

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#298”
– exactly 28 words using the three required
prompts: ‘eavesdrop’, ‘space’, and ‘burger’.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Music Blog

Listen To The Music

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
where we’re writing about a song
that made a great album closer.
Here’s how the theme inspired me.

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Free Verse, Poem

Lullaby

Written for OMIMM Weekly Writing Prompt #70
and the photo prompt shown below.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Uncategorized

What Was That?

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Short Story

Ten Words, One Note

Written for Esther’s Writing Prompts
where the word this week is ‘voice’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Poem, Tanka

Sole Survivor

Written for Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge #23
where Robbie invites us to write a syllabic poem using
an implied metaphor. The metaphor I chose is

“my dogs are barking”. Here’s my tanka.

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Prose

The Shells

Written for Fandango’s Flashback Friday
 – August 1st
. Fandango asks us to share something

from the past written on this date. Here’s one from 2022.

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Music Blog, Musing

A House Is Not A Home

Written for Thursday Inspiration #291 –
“Heartache Tonight
”
. Here’s my 2¢ worth.

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Short Story

Montreux

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 here’s where the photo took me.

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Limerick, Poem

Curses, Foiled Again!

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #242
. Using the prompt
word  ‘cells’, this is my limerick.

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Flash, Micro Story

Hopeless

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six
Word Story Prompt #145
– ‘heal’.
Here’s where my imagination went.

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Music Blog

Summer Pandemic

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 final artist for July and his song.

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Poem, Quadrille

Pops

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #228. Our host
Mish asks us – just for the halibut – to write a quadrille
using the word ‘fish’ in any configuration. Recalling
the many stories about my husband and his identical
twin fishing with their Pops, this is my quadrille
.

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Free Verse, Poem

Digital Heartbeats

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #69
and for
Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts The
One Day Prompt #15
. This week’s
inspiration is the photo seen below.
This is where my imagination went.

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Cinquain, Poem

Dawn

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #10.
Our inspiration word is “treasure”.
 Here’s where my thoughts went.

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Fantasy, Poem

Smiling Girls & Rosy Boys

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #426
using the word ‘plethora’;
in exactly 67 words, this is my take.

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Music Blog

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.

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Fantasy, Flash, Very Short Story

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.

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Short Story

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.

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Short Story

Lucky Cluck

Written for The Unicorn Challenge.
This is my 102nd and final story.

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Short 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.

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Flash, Uncategorized, Very Short Story

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.

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Haibun, Poem

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.

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Flash, Prosery, Short Prose

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.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Discombobulated

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly
Prompts Weekend Challenge
, using
the phrase ‘back to front’.
Here’s were the prompt took me.

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Etheree, Poem

Imitation Of Love: An Etheree

Written for Melissa’s Fandango
Flash Fiction Challenge – #330
.
 Here’s where the photo took me.

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