Flash, Micro Story, Musing

RDP Tuesday: ephemera

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a
story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc.,
focusing on the word ‘ephemera’
. Here’s my take.

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Flash, Micro Story

Norma Jeane

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #154
– including the word ‘moment’.
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Flash, Free Verse, Musing, Poem

RDP Sunday: valley

Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us to share a
story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc.,
centered on the word ‘valley’
. Here’s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story

An Inconvenience

Written for OLWG #293.
The prompts are below.
This is my story.

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Flash, Micro Story, Musing

Just Wasting My Time

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a
story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc.,
centered on the words 
‘stand in’. Here’s my take.

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Mean Old Man

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#435
where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
22 words using the word ‘speak’. Here’s my take.

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Too Cute!

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #153
– including the word ‘magic’.
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

In Your Dreams

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” – #306
in exactly 52 words using these five prompt words:
‘seal’, ‘growl’, ‘allergic’, ‘haphazard’, and ‘polka’, and
for Gerry’s & Sue’s “Weekly Prompts – The One Day
Prompt” – #17
. Here’s my flash in exactly 52 words.

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Flash, Micro Story

Slashdance

Written for Esther’s Can You Tell A Story In – #305
in exactly 38 words using these four prompt words:
‘algorithm’, ‘waxwork’, ‘razzle-dazzle’, and ‘elicit’.
Here’s my flash in exactly 38 words.

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Flash, Mini Story

Aw, Shucks!

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#434
where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
77 words using the word ‘woebegone’. Also for
Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge
where the prompt word is ‘imagine’’ and Fandango’s FOWC

using the word ‘weed’. Here’s where the three prompts took me.

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Acrostic, Flash, Poem

Tweet Tweet

Written for RDP Wednesday: TWITTER
I’ve chosen to write an acrostic poem.

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Flash, Micro Story

Smile!

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #152
– based on the word ‘smile’.
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

The Vicar

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.

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Flash

Forever

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #151
– including the word ‘grow’.
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Piece By Piece

Written for Esther’s Can You Tell A Story In – #304
in exactly 61 words using these six prompt words:
‘palatial’, ‘volleyball’, ‘gravy’, ‘orchid’, ‘jigsaw’, and
‘squeak’. Here’s my flash in exactly 61 words.

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Cinquain, Flash, Poem

Twenty-Five To Life

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Fait Accompli

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #150
– incorporating the word ‘history’.
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

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.

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Flash, Micro Story

In Your Face

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #149
– incorporating the word ‘life’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Micro Story

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Flash, Haibun, Poem, Prosery

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.

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Flash, Mini Story, Short Story

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.

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Flash, Mini Story

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.

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Flash, Micro Story

The Reading

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #148
– using the word ‘independent’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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