Written for Val’s Haiku Scavenger Hunt #11
where we’re asked to write a Garland Kimo.
Also for Sadje’s What Do You See and the image below.
Category: Writing Challenge
Dilly Dilly: A Hay(na)ku
Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge and for #12
of Val’s Haiku Scavenger Hunt.
Did You Know?
Written for fun and for RDP where Punam
has tossed out the word “hodgepodge.”
Lessons In Bronze: A Troiku
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub
where Jill challenges us to write our
haiku using this image as inspiration.
Between Heartbeats: A Cadralor
Written for dVerse MTB: Imagism In 5.
Our host, Laura, invites us to write a Cadralor.
Looking Back: A Quatrain
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Punam, challenges us to
tell a little story in three stanzas.
The Wedge
Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. This is Friday Fictioneers.
A World Away: A Quatrain
RDP Thursday: fringe
Written for RDP where Brian asks
us to get creative with the word “fringe”.
Final Frontier: A Scifaiku
Written for Val’s Haiku Scavenger Hunt
#10 where we’re asked to write a Scifaiku.
Witchy Woman
Written for dVerse Poetics: Thirteen
Songs, Thirteen Hauntings. Our host,
Sanaa, has offered thirteen songs to
inspire us to write a poem, letting the
music determine the mood, a doorway
into a different Halloween world.
I have chosen “Black Magic Woman”
by Santana for my quatrain.
Be Cool, Daddy-o: A Limerick
Laughing Along With A Limerick.
Esther’s prompt word is “hip”.
Fishing Widow
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
Di’s prompt words are shown here:
habit, life, charm, thorough, chart, cast,
memory, settle, wary, amuse, fist, carry
Shaken, Not Stirred
Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where our host Sammi asks us to use
“gizmo” in exactly 86 words. Also for
Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Weekend
Challenge and the word “fanciful”.
The Acorn Quest
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:
anchor, search, moment, laugh, find, inhibits,
comfort, always, want, squirrel, spaz, auto
RDP Tuesday: Calm
Written for RDP, where Martha asks
us get creative with the word “calm”.
First Frost: A Pi-ku
Written for Val’s Haiku Scavenger Hunt
#9 where we’re asked to write a Pi-ku.
The Skylark’s Song: An Alouette
Written for Tanka Tuesday. Our host,
Melissa, challenges us to write an
Alouette, French for “skylark”.
Reflections
Written for Great Minds Think –
“What Next: Friday Challenge”.
Our hosts, Sarah & Rohini, ask
us to write a poem or story using
any or all of these five clues:
Tenants
Written for dVerse Prosery: Something
Shuffling Overhead. Our host, Kim, invites
us to write a piece of prose in 144 words or
less, incorporating a line from the poem
“Body” by Alice Oswald seen here:
“the dead were settling in under their mudroom
and something was shuffling overhead”
Fly On, Amelia: A Haibun
Written for Living Poetry. Bartholomew
asks us to write a poem incorporating
a quote by Amelia Earhart. Also for
RDP and the word “momentous”.
It’s My Life
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
Reena asks us to describe ourself, our life,
or both in 6-10 sentences and, using AI,
create an image inspired by what we wrote.
Autumn In New York: A Kelly Lune
Written for Val’s Haiku Scavenger Hunt
#8 where we’re asked to write a Kelly Lune.
Inspiration from image at Senryu Sunday.
Patrick Means Business: A Senryu
Written for Senryu Sunday ~
Rall has offered several images;
this one caught my eye.
Let’s Talk About Girls!
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“International Day of the Girl Child”
At A Snail’s Pace: Mirror Cinquain
Written for Crispina’s
Crimson’s Creative Challenge
October Sunset: A Kimo
Written for Val’s Haiku Scavenger Hunt
#7 where we are asked to write a kimo.
Tis The Season
Written for Val’s Haiku Scavenger Hunt
#6 where we are asked to write a troiku.
At Rest: A Sijo
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Destiny, asks us to write
a poem using one or more of the
Urdu words she has provided.
Inspiration from an image by
Brian at bushboys world.
Into The Future
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub
where Jill challenges us to write our
haiku using this image as inspiration.
I’ve written a ukiah for prompt #5
from Val’s Haiku Scavenger Hunt.
ancient monitors that glow
data moving slow
dialing lines from long ago
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Nancy’s Notes: Ukiah is a true reverse Haiku developed by Robert Ropars. It isn’t just the name that’s reversed; instead of typical un-rhymed haiku consisting of 3 lines with a syllable count of 5/7/5, ukiah consists of 3 lines with a syllable count of 7/5/7 and all 3 lines must rhyme.
This is “Computer Blue” by Prince
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