Photo Prompt, Poetry, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Evening Wheel

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See

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Photo Prompt, Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Oystercatcher

Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge
and Esther’s Writing Prompt – ‘bank’.

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Haiku, Photo Prompt, Poetry, SenHai, Senryu, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Dropped Signal

Written for SenHai Saturday where our host
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku using
the image shown below as inspiration.

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Photo Prompt, Short Story, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Long Con

Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge
using the image below as inspiration.

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Haiku, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Remembering Dusty Hill

Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
Image provided by Jill Witherspoon.

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Photo Prompt, Poetry, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Where The River Turns To Gold

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Keeper

Our gracious host, Rochelle, asks us to get
creative in 100 words or less using this photo
for inspiration. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers.

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American Cinquain, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Lemonade Stand: American Cinquain

The image shown below is
our Living Poetry inspiration.

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Haiku, Photo Prompt, Poetry, SenHai, Senryu, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Small Fires

Written for SenHai Saturday where our host,
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku using
the image shown below as inspiration.

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Mythic Poetry, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Atlas, Condemned

Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge
where our inspiration is the triptych shown below.

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Yorkshire Fog

Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge

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Micro Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Destination Unknown

Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers.

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Mystery, Photo Prompt, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge

Blue Goddess

The Thursday Doors Writing Challenge 2026
is over, but I’m still writing the occasional story for
any image that catches my fancy … and hopefully yours!
Today’s story is inspired by an image by Resa @ Art Gowns.
Thanks to Dan Antion for making these images available.
Opening sentence is from Missy’s Mad Challenge.

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Free Verse, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Deliberate

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See

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Haiku, Photo Prompt, Poetry, SenHai, Senryu, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Snowfield

Written for SenHai Saturday where our host,
Susi, asks us to write a senryu and a haiku using
the image shown below as inspiration.

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Photo Prompt, Poetry, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Patience

Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge

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Haiku, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Despite It All

Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub,
based on one of Jill’s images.

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Midnight Delivery

Written in response to a cool image
I saw on Bushboy’s World.
Thanks for letting me use it, Brian!

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Photo Prompt, Short Story, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Letter

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Influencer

Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers.

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Photo Prompt, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Chalmer’s Close

The Thursday Doors Writing Challenge 2026
is over, but I’m still writing the occasional
story for any image that catches my fancy …
and hopefully yours! Today’s story is inspired
by an image by David Booth. Many thanks to
Dan Antion for making these images available.

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Juxtaposition, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

After The Rain

Written for dVerse Poetics: A Tale of
Two Images. Mich has provided us with
some lovely images and asks us to write
a poem incorporating juxtaposition.

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Haiku, Photo Prompt, Poetry, SenHai, Senryu, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Like A Rock: 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.

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Mini Story, Mystery, Photo Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Spokes

Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge.
Here’s where Crispina’s image took me.

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

It’s A Dog’s Life

Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge
using the image for inspiration.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Without Malice

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.

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Photo Prompt, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Standing At The Glass

Sadje asks us What Do You See?
This is my response.

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Photo Prompt, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Absurd Contradiction: Both Sides of the AI Coin

Written for Rena’s Xploration Challenge
where we consider the irony of AI. The
image seen below is our inspiration.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Haiku, Photo Prompt, Poetry, SenHai, Senryu, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Bellying Up: 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.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Continuing Series, Free Verse, Photo Prompt, Poetry

Slow Embrace: The Endurance Speaks – Old Steam Ships, #3

Inspired by a new blog called ‘Old Steam Ships’
by our friend, Max, I have written a poem in
the voice of the Arctic Ship SS Endurance.

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