Written for Thursday Inspiration #327 –
“Love Is Like Oxygen”. Here’s my response.
Category: Writing Prompts
The Waiting Game
Written for Living Poetry where
Bartholomew asks us to write
a poem with the theme ‘patient’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
la luna e il lupo
Written for dVerse Poet’s Pub – Unpunctuated,
where our host, Melissa, asks us to write a poem
sans punctuation. Here’s where the prompt took me.
Into the Arroyos: In the Style of Jack Kerouac
Written for dVerse Prosery: A View from the Hills.
Our host, Sanaa, asks us to write a piece of prosery
of up to 144 words, including the line shown below.
This is where the prompt took me.
“The hills so dry, so dense the underbrush, that
where I pushed my way the giant hush was changed
to soft explosions.” From the poem “On a View of
Pasadena from the Hills” by Yvor Winters.
RDP Wednesday: foliage
Written for RDP, where segoil asks us
to get creative with the word “foliage”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.
The Big Pretender: A Dirk Malone Story
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her words for this week are
shown below. Here’s where they took me.
tolls ~ spell ~ inclined ~ mind ~ find ~ pretending
sigh ~ hit ~ guilty ~ fine ~ fault ~ liar
From The Other Side
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See.
Here’s where the image took me.
Black On Black
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where the prompts took me.
crow ~ window ~ near ~ time ~ expect ~ flight
message ~ begin ~ stars ~ regret ~ smart ~ dark
Montauk: At the Edge of Everything
Written for Tanka Tuesday where Yvette
asks us to write a syllabic poem based on the theme
“It’s Vacation Time!” This is my shadorma.
Slippity Doo Dah!
Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick. The prompt word is
‘jelly’. Here’s where the prompt took me.
Missing Her
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt where
she asks us to get creative in exactly 50 words using
the word ‘abacus’ and for Sue & Gerry’s
Weekly Prompts – Colour Challenge – blue
Here’s where the prompts took me.
The Space She Left Behind: A Thursday Inspiration
Written for Thursday Inspiration #326 –
“To Love Somebody”. Here’s my response.
The Forgotten Door
Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge.
Here’s where Crispina’s image took me.
High Wire
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 52 words using the prompt words shown
below. Here’s where the prompts took me.
tightrope ~ gothic ~ squeamish ~ mannequin ~ violin
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Written for SenHai Saturday where our host,
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku using
the image shown below as inspiration.
Here’s where the image took me.
There Be Zombies About!
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Queen of the Gods”
This is my response to the challenge.
A Soleful Tale
Written for David’s Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW this week is Deanna who asks us to
incorporate a nursery rhyme character into
our poem. Here’s where the prompt took me.
When Words Collide: Malone & the Saint
Happy to take part in the first Great Minds
Think Friday Challenge where Sarah and
Rohini present “When Words Collide!”.
This week we have two people from very
different worlds having a conversation.
Harwick: Small Town, Large Voice
Written for Muse On Monday. David asks us
to write a story where something is caught on
camera. Here’s where the prompt took me.
Summer at Lake Chelan
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
My haiku is based on Jill’s image.
The Preservers
Written for Rena’s Xploration Challenge;
the image seen below is our inspiration.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
The Incident
Written for Fandango’s Story Starter.
Here’s where the prompt line took me.
The View
Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers.
This is where the prompt took me.
A Thousand Bulbs
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See.
Here’s where the image took me.
That Special Something
Written for dVerse Poetics: Something Borrowed,
Something Blue hosted by Dora who invites us to
write a poem using lines from the Victorian rhyme
seen below. This is where the prompt took me,
back to my wedding day ~ June 10, 1972.
“Something old, something new,
Something borrowed, something blue,
And a sixpence in her shoe.”
Payback Time
Written for Living Poetry where
Bartholomew has shared this
sunset image for inspiration.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
RDP Wednesday: fountain
Written for RDP, where segoil asks us
to get creative with the word “fountain”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.
Into The Forge
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where the prompts took me.
sandy ~ numerous ~ cane ~ idea ~ long ~ looking
little ~ keep ~ supper ~ property ~ danger ~ gear
City Highlights
Written for Tanka Tuesday where Colleen
asks us to write a syllabic poem, using things
that are yellow. This is my shadorma.
Remember
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her words for this week are
shown below. Here’s where they took me.
kindle ~ risk ~ dig ~ until ~ differing ~ chill
spin ~ waning ~ ghost ~ softly ~ alone ~ know
The Elephant's Trunk 