Written for Esther’s Writing Prompt
using the keyword ‘crafty’.
Category: Writing Challenge
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.
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”.
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
Feeding Time
Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “chew”.
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
Come Autumn: A Pi-Ku
Written for Tanka Tuesday. Our host, Melissa,
ask us to write a traditional 3-line Pi-Ku.
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”.
A New Tomorrow
Written for dVerse Quadrille –
“X Marks the Spot”. Our host,
Melissa, invites us to write a
quadrille with the word ”xenolith”.
The Plan
Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge using the image below as inspiration.
In Protest: An American Cinquain
Written for Living Poetry. Bartholomew asks
us to write a poem using the image
shown here as our inspiration.
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.
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
Game Of Thrones
Written for Rall’s Senryu Sunday
Continue reading “Game Of Thrones”Celebrating September Birthdays
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Calendar (New Style) Act 1750”
Seaside Polythene: A SenHai
Written for Crispina’s
Crimson’s Creative Challenge
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.
The Cousin
Written for Muse On Monday.
David challenges us to write a
story involving a distant relative.
Attitude
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub
where Jill challenges us to write our
haiku using this image as inspiration.
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.
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.
Be Careful Who You Trust
Written for Thursday Inspiration –
“El Condor Pasa (If I Could)”
Island Dreams: A Haiku
Written for Sadje’s weekly query:
What Do You See?
Stone Memory
Written for dVerse Poetics: Lyric
Petrologies. Our host, Dora, asks
us to write a lyric poem featuring,
if not centering on, rock or stone.
Telltale Trail
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
these are our prompt words:
biscuit, passed, duke, found, slight, princess,
curved, sheet, alone, downhill, happy, companion
Bugger!
Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 49 words using the prompts below.
diet – wasp – xylophone – chivalry – U-turn
Continue reading “Bugger!”The Silver Compass: A Minnie Ming Mystery
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:
velvet ~ compass ~ echo ~ random ~ rust ~ silver
shadow ~ pebble ~ stone ~ drone ~ clip ~ dry
Golden Hour Companions: A Chōka
Written for Tanka Tuesday were our host,
Robbie, asks us to write an alliterative poem.
Tickets To Ride
Re-written from 2023 for Great Minds Think –
Unexpected Impact. Our hosts, Sarah & Rohini, ask us
to examine something that had a powerful impact.
Not Not Truth
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
Our focus is on ‘fiction’ as Reena asks:
What constitutes fiction in the post-
truth era? How thin or distinct are
the lines between fact and fiction?
The Elephant's Trunk 