Poem, Quadrille

Forever And Ever

Written for dVerse Quadrille #234: A Sparkler
A Day!
Punam invites us to celebrate Diwali
by writing a quadrille including a form of
the word β€œsparkler”. This is my quadrille.

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Mini Story, Musing

RDP Monday: mesh

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word β€˜mesh’
. Here’s my take.

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Poem

Spider Dance

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #056
. I chose pic #3.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Cinquain, Poem

Sweater Weather

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #22.
Our inspiration word is β€œsmoke”.
 I have written a Mirror Cinquain.

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Flash, Mini Story

Uphill Battle

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
Β poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word β€˜scree’
. Here’s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story

Reveille!

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#438
where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
57 words using the word β€˜clinomania’. Here’s my take.

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Music Blog

Sticks And Stones

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
“The Old Adage”
Here’s how the theme inspired me.

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Flash, Micro Story

RDP Saturday: clutch

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word β€˜clutch’
. Here’s my take.

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Music Blog

Time Won’t Let Me

Written for Thursday Inspiration #302 –
β€œRight Place, Wrong Time”
.
Here’s my inspirational response.

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Short Story

Dream Lover

Written for This Week’s Writer’s Workshop
hosted by our friend, John Holton.
I’ve chosen prompts #3: write a story with
the provided opening line. Here goes!

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Flash, Mini Story

RDP Friday: pioneer

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
Β poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word β€˜pioneer’
. Here’s my take.

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Fantasy, Flash, Mini Story

Feed Your Head

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In” –
#309
in exactly 26 words using these five
prompt words: β€˜organic’, β€˜caterpillar’, and
β€˜sudoku’. Here’s my flash in exactly 26 words.

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Flash, Mini Story, Mystery

Silent Night

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
encourages us to be creative by writing a story in 100
words or less using the photo prompt below. I am also
going with Fandango’s Story Starter #222 to provide
my first sentence. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Uncategorized

RDP Thursday: nuts

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word β€˜nuts’
. Here’s my take.

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Mystery, Short Story

Tres Chic

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #80
and the
photo prompt shown below.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Limerick, Poem

The Nose Knows

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #253
. The prompt
word is β€˜follow’. This is my limerick.

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Haiku, Poem

In Autumn

Written for Esther’s Writing Prompts #86
incorporating the word β€œshade”.
Here’s where the prompt led me.

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Flash, Mini Story

Out Cold

RBD Tuesday: splotch

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word β€˜splotch’
. Here’s my take.

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Music Blog

October & April

This week at Glyn Wilton’s Mixed Music Bag,
he’s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.Β 
Here’s my October artists and their song.

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Flash, Mini Story

Fit Of Rage

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In” – #308
in exactly 50 words using these five prompt words:
β€˜poem’, β€˜critique’, β€˜murder’, β€˜cupcake’, and β€˜dice’.
Here’s my flash in exactly 50 words.

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Fantasy, Horror, Poem

Forever Cursed

Written for dVerse Poetics: Hold Onto Your Head!
Today our host Merril invites us to share our version
of the Headless Horseman. This is my contribution.

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Mini Story

RDP Tuesday: reptilian

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word β€˜reptilian’
. Here’s my take.

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Short Story

Weighing The Odds

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
, using the term β€˜Pros &
Cons’. Here’s were the prompt took me.

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Flash, Limerick, Poem

Just Ducky

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #055
. I chose pic #3.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Mini Story

RDP Monday: opportunity

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word β€˜opportunity’
. Here’s my take.

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Cinquain, Poem

Tea And AARP

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #21.
Our inspiration word is β€œpain”. I have
 written a Mirror Cinquain, a 10-line,
single stanza poem with a syllable pattern
of 2 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 2 – 2 – 8 – 6 – 4 – 2.

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Flash, Micro Story

Could Be Worse!

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#437
where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
49 words using the word β€˜erinaceous’. Here’s my take.

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Miscellaneous, Musing

Did You Know/RDP Sunday: organ

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a
story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc.,
focusing on the word β€˜organ’
. I chose to
include today’s prompt as a feature in my
β€œDid You Know?” blog. Here’s my take.

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Music Blog

Ow! Good God! I Can’t Sit Down!

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
Neither Purely Good Nor Purely Bad
.
Here’s how the theme inspired me.

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Mini Story

Gone

Written for Saturday Scribes.
We’re given an image and asked
to write our response in exactly
100 words. Here’s my take.

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