Fable, Fantasy, Nursery Rhyme, Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Three Little Doves: A Nursery Rhyme

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

once ~
three ~ haven ~peace ~ thoughts
why ~ angry ~ if ~ final ~ love ~ none ~ dream

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Poetry, Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Distant Melodies

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

keys ~ drumming ~ rare ~ morning ~ lazy ~ humming
odd ~ whispers ~ open ~ chain ~ urge ~ ghosts

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

Bug Off!

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
word ‘anxiety’.

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

Going For It

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille Monday:
Jumpstart Your Poem. Our challenge, put
forth by De Jackson, is to write a poem in
44 words, including the word ‘jump’.

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

Come Autumn

Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where our host Sammi asks us to use
 “cornucopia” in exactly 36 words.

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

Downstream: Mirror Cinquain

Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
Our challenge is to ponder the words below
and use them in a piece of any form or size:

light ~ fall ~ current ~ break

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

Adrenaline

Written for “Can You Tell A Story In”
exactly 75 words using these prompt
words:

coffee – Lamborghini – eyebrow –
tradition – chips – socks – maths

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

I ❤️ PBB

Written for RDP where Lou
challenges us with the word “chunk”.

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

Love’s Open Door

Written for Thursday Inspiration
“Keep On Loving You”

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Continuing Series, Mystery, Noir, Original Series, Recurring Character, Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Paid In Full: A Dirk Malone Story

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

light ~
cast ~ street ~ tickle ~ sensitive ~ view
cool ~ pigeon ~ dance ~ attract ~ evening ~ glow

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

The Rite Of St. Aldric

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

screams ~ desolate ~ temples ~ bone ~ sparks ~ pit
voices ~ follow ~ underworld ~ spiral ~ weave ~ current

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

Ghost Trip

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

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

Raindance

Written for “Can You Tell A Story In”
exactly 51 words using the prompts below.

yawn ~ weather ~ toot ~ cookies ~ necromancer

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Absurdist Fiction, Fantasy, Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Preposterous Picnic

Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where our host Sammi asks us to use
 “hodgepodge” in exactly 55 words,  
and for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly
Prompts Colour Challenge
– “brown”.

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

RDP Saturday: bungalow

Written for RDP where we’re asked to
get creative with the word “bungalow”.

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

Icons: A SenHai

Written for Esther’s Writing Prompt
using the prompt word ‘figure’.

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Micro Story, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Free At Last

Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where Sammi asks us to use
“gossamer” in exactly 74 words,

and for Sue & Gerry’s
Weekly Prompts The One Day Prompt.

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

Empire Of Secrets

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

wild ~ cross ~ left ~ staff ~ last ~ split
burial ~ grind ~ space ~ land ~ room ~ hood

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

What My Mother Taught Me

Written for dVerse Poets – ‘Quadrilling
without a care in the world.’ Our host,
Sanaa, asks us to write a poem in 44
words using a form of the word “care”.

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

The Loft

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

cheers ~
choir ~ grand ~ ill ~ man ~ place
reserved ~
rest ~ stool ~ together ~ turn ~ twinkle

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

Stymied

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

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

RDP Monday: tame

Written for RDP where segoil asks us
to get creative with the word “tame”.

Thanks, Heather!

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

Inner Peace

Written for “Can You Tell A Story In”
exactly 77 words using the prompts below.

coyote, lemonade, therapist, bubblewrap,
misspell, vacuum, lycra, backstroke

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

Tight Squeeze

Written for Esther’s Writing Prompt
using the prompt word ‘label’.

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

The Fool

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

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

Wild Roses

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

change ~
known ~ fault ~ seen ~ money ~ silence
flowers ~
excited ~ irritated ~ hand ~ table ~ kept

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Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Backyard Buzz

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

home ~ world ~ denied ~ bees ~ pleas ~ forgotten
folklore ~
wonder ~ strum ~ fallow ~ sigh ~ sky

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

Common Ground

Written for Living Poetry where Bart asks us
to write a poem incorporating the words
‘common’, ‘rise’, and ‘Wordsworth’.

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

El Hefe

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where we are challenged to incorporate the
word “eternity” in a 44 word composition;

also for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
word – “dislike”.

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

It’s All Greek To Me

Written for “Can You Tell A Story In”
exactly 44 words using the prompts below.

shock ~ dribble ~ bear ~ ambidextrous

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