Mini Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Inner Peace

Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 77 words using the prompts below.

coyote, lemonade, therapist, bubblewrap,
misspell, vacuum, lycra, backstroke

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Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Tight Squeeze

Written for Esther’s Writing Prompt
using the prompt word ‘label’.

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Music Blog, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

How Sweet It Is

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Universally Perceived Pleasurable Flavor”

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List Poem, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

In My Life, In My Heart

Written for dVerse Poetics: The Great Lover.
Our host, Kim, invites us to write a poem
based on the things we love as inspired
by Rupert Brooke’s “The Great Lover”.

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Counting Steps

Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge

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Haiku, Photo Prompt, Poetry, SenHai, Senryu, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Danish Crocuses: A SenHai

Written for SenHai Saturday where our host
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku using
the image shown below as inspiration.

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Poetry, Theme Prompt, Triolet, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Stalled: A Triolet

Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Selma, challenges us
to write a summertime triolet.

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Longer Stories, Noir, Original Series, Recurring Character, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Inside Job: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Muse On Monday. We are asked
 to write a story about an article of clothing.

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Haiku, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Tulips: A Haiku

Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
Image provided by Jill Witherspoon.

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Cinquain, Futuristic, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Vertical City: Mirror Cinquain

Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
Our challenge is to write a poem or story
as inspired by the image shown below.

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Haiku, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Koi Pond

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See

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Dialogue, Edgy, Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Old Friends

Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers.

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Literary Quote, Phrase Prompt, Prose, Prosery, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

I Am What Waits

Written for dVerse Prosery: “Of Jaguars
and the Night”. Our host, Merril, invites us
to write prose in 144 words incorporating the
line below from “Jaguar Song” by Arthur Sze.

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Limerick, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Fool

Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “land”.

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Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Wild Roses

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.

change ~
known ~ fault ~ seen ~ money ~ silence
flowers ~
excited ~ irritated ~ hand ~ table ~ kept

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Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Backyard Buzz

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:

home ~ world ~ denied ~ bees ~ pleas ~ forgotten
folklore ~
wonder ~ strum ~ fallow ~ sigh ~ sky

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Poetry, Tetractys, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

One More Rep: A Tetractys

Written for Tanka Tuesday where our host,
Yvette, asks us to write a poem about a
dream that came true or one that fell apart.

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Photo Prompt, Short Story, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Light In The Window

Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
Our challenge is to write a poem or story
as inspired by the image shown below.

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Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Common Ground

Written for Living Poetry where Bart asks us
to write a poem incorporating the words
‘common’, ‘rise’, and ‘Wordsworth’.

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Micro Story, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

El Hefe

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where we are challenged to incorporate the
word “eternity” in a 44 word composition;

also for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
word – “dislike”.

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Heritage-Tech Fusion, Poetry, Senryu, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Opera Dei Pupi

Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Jaideep, asks us to write
a Heritage-Tech Fusion poem.

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Micro Story, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

It’s All Greek To Me

Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 44 words using the prompts below.

shock ~ dribble ~ bear ~ ambidextrous

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Music Blog, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Feeling Stronger Every Day

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Harness the Energy”

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Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Leonard Cohen

The Brevity Challenge – Sarah & Rohini
invite us to borrow a six word story and
expand on it or create one of our own.

I created my own and expanded it.

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Mini Story, Mystery, Photo Prompt, Recurring Character, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Going In

Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge

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Haiku, Photo Prompt, Poetry, SenHai, Senryu, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Deadvlei

Written for SenHai Saturday where our host
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku using
the image shown below as inspiration.

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Haiku, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Daddy’s Girl

Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub

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Lai, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Two Hearts In May

Written for dVerse Poet’s Pub: Open Link Night.
Our host, Mish, invites us to follow our muse
and write a poem inspired by the image below.

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts, Writing Challenge

The Mark of Zorro

Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers.

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Mini Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

What’s Love Got To Do With It?

Written for  Weekend Writing Prompt
where Sammi asks us to get creative
in exactly 88 words using the word
‘pristine’ and for Sue & Gerry’s
 Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge
and the prompt word ‘fastidious’.

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