Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Colour Challenge using the word ‘grey/gray’.
The prompt inspired me to write my first triolet.
Is Anybody Listening?
Written for The Sunday Whirl – Wordle #730. Our host is
Brenda Warren and these are our words: ‘ideas,
remember, words, plague, escape, faith,
strength, unity, through, arrest, cruelty, and
injustice’. Here’s where the words took me.
RDP Sunday: turn
Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us
to get creative with the word ‘turn’.
Thanks, Doc! Here’s my take.
Coffee Break
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
‘Wake Up and Smell’
Here’s how the theme inspired me.
Matchmaker
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” – #311
exactly 46 words using these four prompt words:
‘portal’, ‘drool’, ‘slippers’, and ‘marksman’.
Here’s my flash in exactly 46 words.
RDP Saturday: haze
Today at RDP, Punam has asked us to share a story,
poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing on
the word ‘haze’. Thanks, Punam! Here’s my take.
Season Of Plenty
Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #24.
Our inspiration word is “harvest”.
This is my mirror cinquain.
Rockin’ The Milky Way
Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt – #83.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.
Did You Know
Who died of a ruptured appendix on Halloween?
Continue reading “Did You Know”RDP Friday: apparition
Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy has asked us
to get creative while focusing on the word ‘apparition’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.
Haunted Woods
Written for Missy’s MAD Challenge
where we’ve been given the opening
sentences to build on. Here’s my take.
Vanishing Act
⌘ Rest in Peace, Trent McDonald, Friday Fictioneers ⌘
Written for Friday Fictioneers, where our host Rochelle
encourages us to be creative by writing a story in
100 words or less using the photo prompt below.
Also for Esther’s Word Prompt which is ‘edge’.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.
Smile Though Your Heart Is Breaking
Written for Thursday Inspiration #304 –
“evil”. Here’s my inspired response.
RDP Thursday: proximity
Today at RDP, bushboy has asked us to share a story,
poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing on the
word ‘proximity’. Thanks, Brian! Here’s my take.
In The Shadows
Written for Today’s Writing Practice #22.
Mark has given us the prompt for this week.
Thanks, Mark! Here’s where the prompt took me.
Undead: A Pioneer Poem
In a Pioneer Poem, the first words of each line
are the rhyming words. Lines must be 5 syllables
or less. The last 2 lines are the same as the first
2 lines, written in reverse. Written for Esther’s
Word Prompts with the prompt word ‘edge’,
this is my Pioneer Poem.
Caliban O’Doole
Originally written in 2022, this is my take
on a beloved fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.
RDP Wednesday: shuttle
Today at RDP, sgeiol has asked us to share a story,
poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘shuttle’. Here’s my take.
Peaceful Waters
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.
Here’s my October artist and his song.
Skeleton Boogaloo
Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #255. The prompt
word is ‘dust’. This is my limerick.
First Date
Written for dVerse Poetics – It’s Not That Scary.
Mish invites us to celebrate Halloween by writing
a non-scary poem using one of the movie quotes
provided for our first line. I have chosen the line
“Help Me. Help me be human.” from The Fly (1986)
with Jeff Goldblum. Here’s my romantic poem.
RDP Tuesday: fancy
Today at RDP, Martha has asked us to share a story,
poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing on
the word ‘fancy’. Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.
Dark Night
Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #23.
Our inspiration word is “tempt”. 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.
The Expedition
Written for Only Murders In My Mind Weekly
Writing Prompt #82 and for Sue & Gerry’s
Weekly Prompts The One Day Prompt #18.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.
RDP Monday: frisky
Today at RDP, sgeoil has asked us to share a story,
poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘frisky’. Here’s my take.
Did You Know
How did the tradition of trick or treating get started?
Continue reading “Did You Know”Whiz Kid
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#439 where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
19 words using the word ‘bachelor’. Here’s my take.
RDP Sunday: exacerbate
Today at RDP, drkottaway has asked us to share
a story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘exacerbate’. Thanks, Doc! Here’s my take.
Update on ‘Cyster’: AKA ‘The Lump’
Get Your Motor Running
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
Driving With Music
Here’s how the theme inspired me.
The Elephant's Trunk 