Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge
where our inspiration is ‘changing seasons’.
Category: Writing Prompts
High Altitude
Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “weed”.
Calenture*
Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 71 words using the prompt words below.
captain ~ leapfrog ~ bakery
prescription ~ widow ~ shampoo ~ anagram
Unpredictable Despair
Written for Living Poetry where
the theme is June Musical Poetry.
The Good Stuff
Written for “It’s Story Time” with Jolene.
Our four prompt lines are shown below.
Worried Worm
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW Sally invites us to write a
poem about gardens and the many
things that lie beneath the surface.
The Great Outdoors
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Spend More Time Outdoors”
Big Blue
At Great Minds Think, Sarah & Rohini
offer up ‘The Object Speaks Challenge’
where we are invited to give a voice to
the objects we usually overlook. This
is a rewrite of a story I wrote in 2023.
Snowfield
Written for SenHai Saturday where our host,
Susi, asks us to write a senryu and a haiku using
the image shown below as inspiration.
Passage
Written for Muse On Monday where David
asks us to write a story about trying a new food.
Patience
Despite It All
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub,
based on one of Jill’s images.
Midnight Delivery
Written in response to a cool image
I saw on Bushboy’s World.
Thanks for letting me use it, Brian!
The Letter
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See
Continue reading “The Letter”The Influencer
Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers.
The Weight of Crowns
Written for Thursday Inspiration –
#329 – Land of Confusion
RDP Thursday: displace
Written for RDP where bushboy asks us to
get creative with the word “displace”.
Thanks, Brian!
Chalmer’s Close
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 David Booth. Many thanks to
Dan Antion for making these images available.
After The Rain
Written for dVerse Poetics: A Tale of
Two Images. Mich has provided us with
some lovely images and asks us to write
a poem incorporating juxtaposition.
High Flying
Laughing Along With A Limerick
The prompt word is “train”
Manhattanhenge: June 2026
Written for dVerse Haibun Monday 6/22/26:
First Solstice, hosted by Frank Tassone
The Tortoise and the Hornbill
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
here are the prompt words:
shoulder, hide, care, join, share, pride
pleasure, steps, betrayed, friend, kind, missed
Singed
Written for Tanka Tuesday where
Melissa challenges us to write a lai.
The Wrym
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her words for this week are:
wave ~ turning ~ unholy ~ lips ~ swagger ~ lost
dead ~ rise ~ twist ~ blade ~ feast ~ edges
Just Like Heaven
Written for FOWC with Fandango.
with the prompt word “earthquake”
and for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge word ‘stop’.
To Beach Or Not To Beach
Written for Living Poetry where
we’re asked to write a beach poem.
After The Storm
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly
64 words using the prompt word ‘rainbow’.
Having Words
Written for Violet’s Literary Quote Challenge.
“It’s not what enters men’s mouth that is evil.
It’s what comes out of their mouths that is.”
The Curator
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 62 words using the prompt words shown
below. Here’s where the prompts took me.
lasso ~ impersonate ~ shrine
video ~ janitor ~ congeal
Hell Week In Florence
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
As PoW this week, I suggested writing
8×4 Poems – 4 line stanzas, 8 syllables
per line. Here’s my poem based on a
real-life debacle in Florence, Italy.
The Elephant's Trunk 