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.
Category: Flash
The Wet Basement
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.
Pretty Painted Nails
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#432 where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
85 words using the word ‘eavesdrop’. Also for
Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge –
‘lilac’. Here’s where the prompts took me.
Date Night With The Ricardos
Written for Esther’s Can You Tell A Story In – #303
in exactly 49 words using these five prompt
words: ‘rose’, ‘frazzle’, ‘medal’, ‘charge’, and ‘prune’.
In 49 words, here’s where the prompts took me.
Fait Accompli
Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #150 – incorporating the word ‘history’.
Here’s where the prompt word took me.
Uncle Bobby: The Sighting
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.
In Your Face
Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #149 – incorporating the word ‘life’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
Bait And Switch
Written for Esther’s Can You Tell A Story In – #302
in exactly 35 words using these four prompt
words: ‘coupon’, ‘lake’, ‘puppet’, and ‘tuba’.
In 35 words, here’s where the prompts took me.
The Boyfriend
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.
Lover, Come Back!
Sammi asks us to be creative with the word
“umbrella” in exactly 24 words while Gerry &
Sue want us to include the word “burgeoning”.
Maybe this timely image from Mike at OMIMM
will inspire me. Here’s where my thoughts went.
Video Zombie Apocalypse
Esther asks us to write a story in exactly 51 words
and she wants us to include these words: ‘roadworks’,
‘millipede’, ‘beer’, ‘Wi-Fi’, ‘tarot’ and ‘scarf’. This should
be interesting! Here’s where the prompts took me.
In Papa’s Garden
Written for dVerse Poets Prosery: Yvor’s
“Time and the Garden”. Our host, Sanaa, asks us
to write a short piece of prosery of up to 144 words
and include a complete line from the poem
“Time and the Garden”. Here is my haibun.
The Invitation
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.
The Jerk
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #429 using the word ‘audacity’,
and for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge using the word ‘level’.
In exactly 79 words, this is my take.
The Reading
Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #148 – using the word ‘independent’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
This Driver Sucks!
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#300” – exactly 46 words using the five required
words: ‘dumbfounded’, ‘vitamins’, ’waterfall’, ‘thumb’,
and ‘garlic’. Here’s where the prompts took me.
Rudiarii
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#299” – exactly 70 words using the seven required
words: ‘scab’, ‘pilates’, ’teapot’, ‘gladiator’, ‘plank’,
‘dove’ and ‘velvet’. Here’s where the prompts took me.
No Way!
Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word
Story Prompt #147 – using the word ‘shock’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
Suddenly
Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word
Story Prompt #146 – ‘serendipity’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
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.
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.
Hopeless
Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six
Word Story Prompt #145 – ‘heal’.
Here’s where my imagination went.
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.
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.
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.
Discombobulated
Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly
Prompts Weekend Challenge, using
the phrase ‘back to front’.
Here’s were the prompt took me.
Game Night
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#296” – exactly 57 words using the six required
prompts: ‘gag’, ‘climb’, ‘thriller’, ‘fussy’, ‘scorpio’
and ‘tombola’. Here’s where my thoughts went.
Blonde On Blonde
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.
In Style
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#295” – exactly 44 words using the five required
prompts: ‘triathlon’, ‘dolphin’, ‘stylish’, ‘aristocrat’,
and ‘toffee’. Here’s where my thoughts went.
Damn! It’s Hot
Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six
Word Story Prompt #144 – ‘fun’.
Here’s where my thoughts took me.
The Elephant's Trunk 