Written for dVerse Quadrille Monday –
Mything Poems. Our host, De Jackson,
invites us to get mythical …. in 44 words!
Hereโs where the prompt took me.
Category: Theme Prompt
What the Walls Kept Out: An Impossible Situation
Written for Great Minds Think Friday Challenge
where Rohini presents โAn Impossible Situation:
Everyone hears their ancestors voices for a dayโ.
My story is about the brother I never got to know.
Lean On Me: Song Lyric Sunday
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
โRecipe For Successโ
On A Wet Afternoon
Written for Weaโve Written Weekly.
Our PoW this week is Artie who has
suggested prompt lines for our poem.
Hereโs where the prompts took me.
โmy delicious walk in the rainโ
โwhat it is that music is trying to sayโ
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.
Hereโs where the image took me.
Porch Talk
Written for Violetโs Literary Quote Challenge.
I have combined two quotes into one piece;
They are shown below. This is my story.
Late Spring Storms: Friday Haiku
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
My haiku and image inspired by Jill.
Pinotage: A Thursday Inspiration
Written for Thursday Inspiration #327 โ
โLove Is Like Oxygenโ. Hereโs my response.
The Waiting Game
Written for Living Poetry where
Bartholomew asks us to write
a poem with the theme ‘patient’.
Hereโs where the prompt took me.
la luna e il lupo
Written for dVerse Poetโs Pub โ Unpunctuated,
where our host, Melissa, asks us to write a poem
sans punctuation. Hereโs where the prompt took me.
Into the Arroyos: In the Style of Jack Kerouac
Written for dVerse Prosery: A View from the Hills.
Our host, Sanaa, asks us to write a piece of prosery
of up to 144 words, including the line shown below.
This is where the prompt took me.
โThe hills so dry, so dense the underbrush, that
where I pushed my way the giant hush was changed
to soft explosions.โ From the poem โOn a View of
Pasadena from the Hillsโ by Yvor Winters.
Montauk: At the Edge of Everything
Written for Tanka Tuesday where Yvette
asks us to write a syllabic poem based on the theme
“It’s Vacation Time!” This is my shadorma.
The Space She Left Behind: A Thursday Inspiration
Written for Thursday Inspiration #326 โ
โTo Love Somebodyโ. Hereโs my response.
There Be Zombies About!
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
โQueen of the Godsโ
This is my response to the challenge.
A Soleful Tale
Written for Davidโs Weaโve Written Weekly.
Our PoW this week is Deanna who asks us to
incorporate a nursery rhyme character into
our poem. Hereโs where the prompt took me.
The Last Evening – May 29, 1914
Inspired by a new blog called โOld Steam Shipsโ
by our friend, Max, I have written a fictionalized
account of Laurence Irving, an English dramatist
and actor, and his actress wife, Mabel Hackney.
They were two actual passengers aboard the
RMS Empress of Ireland and this is their story.
When Words Collide: Malone & the Saint
Happy to take part in the first Great Minds
Think Friday Challenge where Sarah and
Rohini present โWhen Words Collide!โ.
This week we have two people from very
different worlds having a conversation.
Harwick: Small Town, Large Voice
Written for Muse On Monday. David asks us
to write a story where something is caught on
camera. Hereโs where the prompt took me.
Summer at Lake Chelan
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
My haiku is based on Jillโs image.
That Special Something
Written for dVerse Poetics: Something Borrowed,
Something Blue hosted by Dora who invites us to
write a poem using lines from the Victorian rhyme
seen below. This is where the prompt took me,
back to my wedding day ~ June 10, 1972.
“Something old, something new,
Something borrowed, something blue,
And a sixpence in her shoe.”
City Highlights
Written for Tanka Tuesday where Colleen
asks us to write a syllabic poem, using things
that are yellow. This is my shadorma.
The Devil’s Due
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille Monday –
โToot Tootโ hosted by Lisa who invites us to
get creative with the word โhornโ in just 44
words. Hereโs where the prompt took me.
Have It Your Way
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Celebrating International Burger Dayโ
This is my response to the challenge.
A Jelly Jar of Stars
Written for Davidโs Weaโve Written Weekly.
Our PoW this week is Reena, who has chosen
the theme โEast Meets Westโ. Our challenge.
is to combine one Western poetic form with one
Japanese poetic form. This is my Haibun/Shadorma.
A Moment After
Written for Reenaโs Xploration Challenge,
where she has given us the sentence below as
a thought-starter. Hereโs where the prompt took me.
โA thought brushed my palm, then scattered like a startled bird.โ
The Old Country
Written for Muse On Monday. David asks
us to write a story where a mistake ends up
being beneficial. Hereโs where the prompt took me.
Let Go
Written for dVerse Poets Pub –
โLet Themโ Write Poetry, hosted by Mish.
Sorry I missed the link up!
Guanoed: A Haiku
Written for Tanka Tuesday where Melissa
asks us to write an edgy, offbeat haiku.
Hereโs where the prompt took me.
In Silence
Written for Living Poetry. Bartholomew asks
us to write an โisโ and โis notโ list poem.
Hereโs where the prompt took me.
Listen To The Music
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
โBuy-A-Musical Instrument Dayโ
This is my response to the challenge.
The Elephant's Trunk 