Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Harness the Energy”
Category: Theme Prompt
Leonard Cohen
The Brevity Challenge – Sarah & Rohini
invite us to borrow a six word story and
expand on it or create one of our own.
I created my own and expanded it.
Deadvlei
Written for SenHai Saturday where our host
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku using
the image shown below as inspiration.
Daddy’s Girl
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub
In Stitches
Written for Writing Prompt #123
using the prompt word ‘rich’.
Montauk’s Glow
Written for dVerse Poet’s Pub: “My God,
It’s Full of Stars”. Our host, Dora, invites us
to write a poem inspired by stars in the night sky.
Old pilings stand like soldiers in the tide,
their shadows drowned in silver, ever still….
above them, dust of ancient stars collide,
a river bent across the night’s dark hill.
The land behind us hums with amber light,
Montauk’s glow a small and mortal thing,
while overhead, ten billion years take flight
in dust that makes the darkness swell and sing.
I stand there, feeling smaller by the mile,
a speck upon a speck upon a shore,
yet something in that vast and star-thrown aisle
makes me feel closer to it all the more
Alone. The rocks kept watch. The sea stayed low.
The galaxy leaned down to touch the deep….
and for one breath, before I had to go,
I held the whole of heaven, mine to keep.
NAR©2026
This is “Andomeda” by Paul Weller
Everything on The Elephant’s Trunk was created by me, unless otherwise indicated. Thanks for your consideration. NAR©2017-present.
A Hairy Situation
Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “wreck”.
Light My Fire
Written for dVerse Poet’s Pub: A Light
Burst of Air. Our host, Lisa, invites us to
write a quadrille using the word “puff”.
La Casa Azzurra
Written for Tanka Tuesday where our host,
Colleen, asks us to write a bussokusekika a tanka
with an additional 7-syllable line at the end.
Inspired by an image by my amici at Blog 57.
A Stranger’s Danger
City Girl
Written for Living Poetry where
our inspiration is “Born in the…”
The Delivery
Written for Muse On Monday. Our host,
David, asks us to write a story about
getting a package we didn’t order.
Extraordinary Lies
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Violet, asks us to write a
Golden Shovel poem in which
every line is a lie – except one!
Man, It’s A Hot One: July Birthdays
Written for Song Lyric Sunday
“Mid-Summer State of Mind”
No Surprises
At Great Minds Think – The One Sentence
Explosion Challenge – Sarah & Rohini ask
us to have fun with the following: “Please
tell me you didn’t open the blue envelope.”
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.
Remembering Dusty Hill
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
Image provided by Jill Witherspoon.
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.
The Walk
The Proposal
Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “fake”.
Magic Mirror
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
call, delete, diary, found, level, maiden,
nobody, now, phone, reprimand, tired, vindictive
New Growth – or – Life vs Death
Written for Tanka Tuesday where our host,
Colleen, asks us to write a tanka puente on
the theme of opposites, such as light vs dark,
using a quote of our choosing as the bridge.
Non-Negotiable
Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 52 words using the prompt words below.
godfather – toffee – app – recycle – stealth
Continue reading “Non-Negotiable”If Wishes Were Horses
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW Benjamin asks us to write a
poem about dreaming of having more
time to ourselves …. but how do we
feel after the novelty wears off?
The Smoke Between Us
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Great American Songbook”
The Soundtrack Of My Life
At Great Minds Think – Highlight Reel,
Sarah & Rohini ask ‘How do you
want to be immortalized?’
Atlas, Condemned
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge
where our inspiration is the triptych shown below.
Snow Dog
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub,
and RDP daily prompt – “willow”
Invisible Until Useful: A Thursday Inspiration
Written for Thursday Inspiration –
“Down In the Tube Station at Midnight”
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.
