Poem, Quadrille, Word Prompt

The Persistence Of Memory

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille
Monday – #240 –“ Fill, Zip, Trip”

where our host, Punam, has offered
up the word “trip”. Here is my quadrille.

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Poem, Haibun, Musing, Word Prompt

RDP Tuesday: peregrination

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
 to get creative with the word “peregrination”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s one of my memories.

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Micro Story, Word Prompt

RDP Monday: cord

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
 to get creative with the word “cord”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.

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Mini Story, Word Prompt

Swingers

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#452
where we’re asked to be creative in
exactly 72 words using the word ‘letter’.
Also for FOWC With Fandango, using the
word “jive”. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Mini Story, Musing, Word Prompt

RDP Sunday: plaid

Written for RDP, where drkottaway asks us
 to get creative with the word “plaid”.
Thanks, Doc! Here’s my take.

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Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt

Laughed Off Stage

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” –
#322
, exactly 52 words using the five prompt words
shown below. In exactly 52 words, here’s my flash.

pirouette ~ comic ~ egg ~ wrestler ~ syllable

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Fantasy, Musing, Word Prompt

RDP Saturday: flight

Written for RDP, where Punam asks us
 to get creative with the word “flight”.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Prompt

RDP Friday: fierce

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
 to get creative with the word “fierce”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.

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Cinquain, Poem, Word Prompt

Mirror, Mirror: A Cinquain

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #36 where
our inspiration word is “ego”. This is my cinquain.

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Micro Story, Word Prompt

RDP Thursday: catenary

Written for RDP, where bushboy asks us
 to get creative with the word “catenary”.
Thanks, Brian! Here’s my musical take.

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Limerick, Poem, Word Prompt

Silly Dingus Magee

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #267
. The prompt
word is ‘crime’. This is my limerick.

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Prompt

RDP Wednesday: captivating

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
 to get creative with the word “captivating”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my musical take.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt

Inspired

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#45
where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
54 words using the word ‘drum’. Also for
Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge
using the word “journal”. Here’s my take.

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Informative, Word Prompt

RDP Tuesday: disapprove

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
 to get creative with the word “disapprove”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my musical take.

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Short Story, Flash, Word Prompt

Entirely Inappropriate

Written for FOWC with Fandango.
The prompt word is “scandalous”;
this is my take.

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Poem, Word Prompt

Departure

Written for Living Poetry where
Bart challenges us to write a poem
with the words “service”, “son” and
“today”. Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Ekphrastic, Poem, Word Prompt

RDP Monday: murky

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
 to get creative with the word “murky”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my musical take.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt

High In Dubai

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” –
#321
, exactly 38 words using the four prompt words
shown below. In exactly 38 words, here’s my flash.

champagne – tower – overdrawn – diploma

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Informative, Word Prompt

RDP Sunday: jalopy

Written for RDP, where drkottaway asks us
 to get creative with the word “jalopy”.
Thanks, Doc! Here’s my musical take.

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Informative, Word Prompt

RDP Saturday: plop

Written for RDP, where Punam asks us
 to get creative with the word “plop”.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s my take.

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Word Prompt

RDP Friday: emotion

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
 to get creative with the word “emotion”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my musical take.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt

RDP Thursday: alluring

Written for RDP, where bushboy asks us
 to get creative with the word “alluring”.
Thanks, Brian! Here’s my take.

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Cinquain, Poem, Word Prompt

Party Hearty!

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #35
where our inspiration word is “foreign”.

Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Limerick, Poem, Word Prompt

See How They Run

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #266
. The prompt
word is ‘farm’. This is my limerick.

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Flash, Informative, Mini Story, Word Prompt

RDP Wednesday: generous

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
 to get creative with the word “generous”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.

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Short Story, Word Prompt, Wordle

Respect: Inspired by My Mother

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #459.
Our twelve prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me. Thanks, Di!

beam, cherished,
dark, duplicated, dusted, final,
insult, left, reminiscent, right, top, and world

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt

The Genius

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#450
where we’re asked to get creative in
exactly 12 words using the word ‘sweet’. Also
for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Weekend
Challenge
, using the word ‘reversible’.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Micro Story, Word Prompt

RDP Tuesday: situation

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
 to get creative with the word “situation”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.

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Poetry, Quadrille, Word Prompt

Lingering

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille
Monday – #227
where our host,
De Jackson, has offered up the
word “smile”. Here is my quadrille.

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Cinquain, Poem, Word Prompt

Woman Down

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #34
where our inspiration word is “defeat”.
This is my mirror cinquain.

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