Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge using the image shown below for our
inspiration. Here’s where the image took me.
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. ♡✒️♬
Memories of Water
Written for “It’s Story Time” where Jolene
has given us four prompts to work with.
They are shown below; here’s where they took me.
Guitar Patchwork
Written for Tanka Tuesday where our host,
Melissa, has asked us to write a poem of our
choosing inspired by the art of Romare Bearden.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
RDP Tuesday: deipnosophist
Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
to get creative with the word “deipnosophist”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.
But You Gotta Have Faith
Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt
where our inspiration is “faith”.
This is my cinquain.
By The Gods!
Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick. The prompt word
is ‘floor’ and this is my limerick.
L’alba: A Haibun
Written for dVerse Poets Pub ~ Haibun Monday:
“Silence”. The image is borrowed from my amici at
Blog 57. Frank is our host and this is my haibun.
Descending Rainbow: A SenHai
Written for SenHai Saturday where our
host Susi asks us to write a senryu and
a haiku using the image shown below
as inspiration. This is my take.
Just Eat It!
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly
20 words using the prompt word ‘conundrum’.
Here’s where Sammi’s prompt took me.
Deep Sieze
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 28 words using the prompt words
shown below. Here’s my flash.
scrabble – police – underwater
Continue reading “Deep Sieze”Guardians Of The Earth
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Home Planet”
This is my response to the challenge.
Landing, Viking Style
Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge.
I have chosen Pic #2.
Here’s where the image took me.
La Salsa di Pomodoro: A Rhyming Recipe for Traditional Italian Tomato Sauce
Written for David’s Wea’ve Written Weekly.
As PoW, my choice for this challenge was
to write a rhyming recipe using couplets.
Here’s where the prompt took me. Buon Appetito!
“A tavola non si invecchia” –
At the table, one does not grow old.
RDP Saturday: timid
Written for RDP where Punam asks us to
get creative with the word “timid”.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s where the prompt took me.
The Big Lie: A Dirk Malone Story
Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #241 –
“The detective was sure the handwritten
confession was fake. Now all he had to do
was prove it”. Here’s my response.
Azzurro Cielo: A Haibun
Written for Missy’s Mad Challenge.
I was inspired by the image I borrowed
from my amici at blog 57. Missy’s prompt
appears below. Here’s where the prompts took me.
Love Is A Battlefield
Written for Muse On Monday. David has
asked us to write a story about a first date
in a war zone … whatever our definition of
a war zone is. Here’s where the prompt took me.
A Clockwork Copper
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge –
to write a story, poem, etc., inspired by the
image shown below. Here is my response.
Can You Dig It?
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille: Let’s Get Digging.
Our host, Punam, invites us to write a44-word poem
using a form of the word “dig”. Here’s my quad.
Cursed
Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers.
This is where the prompt took me.
Madeira Island
Written for Sadje’s “What Do You See”.
Here’s where the image took me.
Inspired By Art
Written for dVerse Poets Pub – Exploring the Art of
Gerard Sekoto. Our host, Melissa, has asked us to
choose one of the featured paintings and write a poem
based on it. Here’s my response to the challenge.
Desiderio a Venezia
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly
89 words using the prompt word ‘chandelier’.
Also for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Weekend
Challenge – “interlude” and Brenda’s Random
Thoughts image. Here’s where the prompts took me.
The Big Affair: A Dirk Malone Story
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
our prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where the prompts took me.
huge, proper, colleague, space, alone, try,
force, tremble, fear, laughter, serious, hard
Same Day, Different Years
Written for Tanka Tuesday where our host,
Yvette, has asked us to write a syllabic poem
of our choosing on the subject of sisterly love.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
Beneath the Southern Cross: Love in the Outback
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle . Our host is
Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week are
shown below. Here’s where the prompts took me.
rifle, grass, flush, steam, radiance, beetle,
perfume, drifted, swaying, hypnotic, hiss, and skin
RDP Tuesday: pogonip
Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
to get creative with the word “pogonip”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.
Emergency Room
Written for Violet’s Literary Quote Challenge
where she asks us to include the following line
into our writing: “Anger is what we feel when
we’re helpless” from ‘Cilka’s Journey’ by
Heather Morris. This is my response.
Tick Tock
Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick. The prompt word
is ‘box’ and this is my limerick.
The Race
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 64 words using the six prompt words
shown below. In 64 words, here’s my flash.
microphone – zeal – snail – cottage – immortal – teapot
Continue reading “The Race”
The Elephant's Trunk 