Micro Story, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Bungle In The Jungle

Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 32 words using these keywords.

jungle, risotto, walrus

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Informative, Music Blog, Song, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

One Thing Leads To Another

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“The Transition Follows

What Was Built Before It”

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Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

When Harry Met Sally

Written for Muse On Monday.
David challenges us to write a
story about a character with
a prosthetic body part.

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

Boink! ~ A SenHai

Written for SenHai Saturday
where Susi invites us to use
this image as inspiration.

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Continuing Series, Longer Stories, Original Series, Theme Prompt

What My Grandfather Carried: Domenic DiStefano and the General Slocum

Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’:
“PS General Slocum – New York’s Forgotten
Tragedy”. This story is very personal and was
difficult for me to write. It’s my grandfather’s
story of what would be the worst loss of life
from a single disaster in the history of New
York until 9/11. Thank you for reading.

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Pantoum, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Lighthouse Keeper: A Pantoum

Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Reena, invites us to
explore the music of repetition
by writing a pantoum poem*.

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

Strength

Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub
where Jill challenges us to write our
haiku using this image as inspiration.

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Informative, Short Story, Stream of Consciousness, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

RDP Friday: fleet

Written for RDP where Lou asks us
to get creative with the word “fleet”.

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

Follow The Dream But Watch Out For Wicked Witches

©  Pinterest

Written for Sadje’s weekly query:
 What Do You See?

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

Unbreakable

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

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Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Time To Face The Music

Written for dVerse Poetics Tuesday –
To Ma’am/Sir. Our host, Punam, asks
us to write a poem about our teachers.

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

Speechless

Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where our host Sammi asks us to use
 “trade” in exactly 90 words. Also
for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Colour Challenge
– “lilac”.

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Short Story, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Perfect Strangers

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.

smug,
noise, celebration, assumed, gentle, quiet,
reserved, delivered, surprised, guest, one, unkind

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Limerick, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Feeding Time

Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “chew”.

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Short Story, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

That Special Day

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:

plumes, tufts, mosses, fantasy, fabric, filtering,
threads, forest, cracks, layer, ruffle, flow

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Micropoetry, Pi-Ku, Poetry, Tanka, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Come Autumn: A Pi-Ku

Written for Tanka Tuesday. Our host, Melissa,
ask us to write a traditional 3-line Pi-Ku
.

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Quote, Sci-Fi, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Cosmic Connection

Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
Reena has offered us a choice of quotes
with a twist to use as our inspiration. I
have selected: “We are all made of
stardust, trying to remember the sky”.

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Poetry, Quadrille, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

A New Tomorrow

Written for dVerse Quadrille –
“X Marks the Spot”. Our host,
Melissa, invites us to write a
quadrille with the word ”xenolith”.

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Continuing Series, Longer Stories, Original Series, Theme Prompt

Rammed At Dawn

Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
RMS Olympic: Old Reliable.
Please be sure
to check out Max’s site for more information,
videos, and photos of RMS Olympic.

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Diary Entry, Monologue, Musing, Photo Prompt, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Dear Diary

Written for Great Minds Think –
“What the Hedge Knows”. Our hosts,

Sarah & Rohini, ask us to use this image
as inspiration for our piece, keeping
our main focus on the hand.

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Mini Story, Mystery, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Valley Of Desolation

Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 60 words using the prompts

shown below, as well as Esther’s Writing
Prompts and the word “bridge”.

cow, sarong, grapefruit, hobby,
wheelbarrow, alphabet

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

Game Of Thrones

Written for Rall’s Senryu Sunday

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Informative, Music Blog, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Celebrating September Birthdays

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Calendar (New Style) Act 1750”

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

Rebellious: A SenHai

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

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Adventure, Continuing Series, Musical Poetry, Noir, Original Series, Poetry, Song, Theme Prompt

The Watchman of the Engine Room

Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
“One of Lake Superior’s Enduring Mysteries”.
I have written a ghost poem/song about
“Old Whitey”, the specter who haunts the
Kamloops, preserved by the frigid water.

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Longer Stories, Quadrille, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Cousin

Written for Muse On Monday.
David challenges us to write a
story involving a distant relative.

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

Attitude

Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub
where Jill challenges us to write our
haiku using this image as inspiration.

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Poetry, Theme Prompt, Waltmarie, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Goodbye, Captain Kangaroo: A Waltmarie

Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Nigel, challenges us to
choose a specific aspect of our
life and write about the moment
it began to feel different.

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

Baby Face

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

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Informative, Movie Blog, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Be Careful Who You Trust

Written for Thursday Inspiration –
“El Condor Pasa (If I Could)”

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