Written for RDP where we’re asked to
get creative with the word “bungalow”.
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. ♡✒️♬
The Fourteenth Guest: SS Île de France
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
this is my dramatized fiction piece based
on a true renowned introduction on
board the SS Île de France, written
in the style of Ernest Hemingway.
Sorry, My Bad
Written for Muse On Monday. We are asked
to write a story in the form of an email.
Texas Sky
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
Image provided by Jill Witherspoon.
Let’s Dance!
Written for Thursday Inspiration –
“Land of 1,000 Dances”
Last Drifter, 2020: Yarmouth In Lockdown
Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative Challenge.
Continue reading “Last Drifter, 2020: Yarmouth In Lockdown”The Order
Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. This is Friday Fictioneers.
Icons: A SenHai
Written for Esther’s Writing Prompt
using the prompt word ‘figure’.
The Bench
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See
Continue reading “The Bench”Free At Last
Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where Sammi asks us to use
“gossamer” in exactly 74 words,
and for Sue & Gerry’s
Weekly Prompts The One Day Prompt.
Tiger, Surprised: A Sonnet
Written for dVerse Poetics – ‘Launch:
Light and Truth of Painting’. Our host,
Melissa, asks us to write a poem inspired
by one of the works of Henri Rousseau.
Empire Of Secrets
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:
wild ~ cross ~ left ~ staff ~ last ~ split
burial ~ grind ~ space ~ land ~ room ~ hood
What My Mother Taught Me
Written for dVerse Poets – ‘Quadrilling
without a care in the world.’ Our host,
Sanaa, asks us to write a poem in 44
words using a form of the word “care”.
The Loft
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
cheers ~ choir ~ grand ~ ill ~ man ~ place
reserved ~ rest ~ stool ~ together ~ turn ~ twinkle
Seattle Regional
Great Minds Think – The Literary Rug-Pull Challenge
Our hosts Sarah & Rohini invite us to write a story
with an unexpected twist ending.
Stymied
Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “puzzle”.
Last Call
Written for Living Poetry. Bart asks us
to write a drain poem. We’re asked to
think about the act of liquids draining
and to come up with a new metaphor.
RDP Monday: tame
Written for RDP where segoil asks us
to get creative with the word “tame”.
Thanks, Heather!
Inner Peace
Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 77 words using the prompts below.
coyote, lemonade, therapist, bubblewrap,
misspell, vacuum, lycra, backstroke
I’ll Have What She’s Having
Big thanks to Brian at Bushboy’s World
for allowing me to use his cool photo.
Tight Squeeze
Written for Esther’s Writing Prompt
using the prompt word ‘label’.
How Sweet It Is
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Universally Perceived Pleasurable Flavor”
In My Life, In My Heart
Written for dVerse Poetics: The Great Lover.
Our host, Kim, invites us to write a poem
based on the things we love as inspired
by Rupert Brooke’s “The Great Lover”.
Counting Steps
Danish Crocuses: A SenHai
Written for SenHai Saturday where our host
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku using
the image shown below as inspiration.
Four Seconds: RMS Lusitania
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
this is my dramatized first-person fiction
built around the documented history of
Kapitänleutnant Walther Schwieger,
commander of U-20 responsible for
the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
Stalled: A Triolet
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Selma, challenges us
to write a summertime triolet.
Inside Job: A Dirk Malone Story
Written for Muse On Monday. We are asked
to write a story about an article of clothing.
Tulips: A Haiku
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
Image provided by Jill Witherspoon.
Vertical City: Mirror Cinquain
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
Our challenge is to write a poem or story
as inspired by the image shown below.
