Miscellaneous, Song

Greenwood, Mississippi

Written for Crispinaโ€™s Crimsonโ€™s Creative
Challenge #053
. I chose pic #2.
Hereโ€™s where the image took me.

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Flash, Micro Story, Musing

Just Wasting My Time

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a
story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc.,
centered on the words 
โ€˜stand inโ€™. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Flash, Micro Story

Mean Old Man

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing Prompt
#435
where weโ€™re asked to be creative in exactly
22 words using the word โ€˜speakโ€™. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Limerick, Poem

Me Jane!

Written for Estherโ€™s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #251
incorporating
the word โ€˜builtโ€™. This is my limerick.

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Free Verse, Poem

The Song My Paddle Sings

Written for dVerse Poetics: Dipping Our
Poetic Paddles
. Truedessa invites us to travel
around the river’s bend listening for the songs
that our paddle sings. This is my contribution.

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Flash, Micro Story

Too Cute!

Written for Shwetaโ€™s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #153
โ€“ including the word โ€˜magicโ€™.
Hereโ€™s where the prompt word took me.

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Miscellaneous

Hand Jive: Follow Up

After X-Rays & MRI

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Fantasy, Mini Story

Prophecy

Today at RDP, our host Martha Kennedy would
like us to share a story, poem, photo, painting, essay,
etc., centered on the word โ€˜howlโ€™. The image is from

Mike Jackson at Only Murders In My Mind. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Music Blog

Do You Remember September?

This week at Glyn Wiltonโ€™s Mixed Music Bag,
heโ€™s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.ย 
Hereโ€™s my final September artist and their song.

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Cinquain, Poem

Clap Pat Clap Slap

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #19.
Our inspiration word is โ€œnonsenseโ€. I have
 written a Mirror Cinquain, a 10-line,
single stanza poem with a syllable pattern
of 2 โ€“ 4 โ€“ 6 โ€“ 8 โ€“ 2 โ€“ 2 โ€“ 8 โ€“ 6 โ€“ 4 โ€“ 2.

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Poem

You’re It!

Written for RDP Monday
Todayโ€™s prompt is: Tag

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Free Verse, Poem

Free As A Bird: Embracing The Panic

Written for Reenaโ€™s Xploration Challenge #400
where we are invited to choose a bird and divination
from An Almanac of Birds: 100 Divinations.
This is my
true poem about learning to deal with panic attacks.

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Flash, Mini Story

In Your Dreams

Written for Estherโ€™s โ€œCan You Tell A Story Inโ€ – #306
in exactly 52 words using these five prompt words:
โ€˜sealโ€™, โ€˜growlโ€™, โ€˜allergicโ€™, โ€˜haphazardโ€™, and โ€˜polkaโ€™, and
for Gerryโ€™s & Sueโ€™s โ€œWeekly Prompts – The One Day
Promptโ€ – #17
. Hereโ€™s my flash in exactly 52 words.

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Song

For Linda

Written for RDP Sunday: Turquoise.
Our inspiration is from Punam
who invites us to write about turquoise,
either the color or the stone.

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Music Blog

Fell Short: Strawberry Alarm Clock

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Talented with Potential, but Didn’t Pan Out”.
Hereโ€™s where the theme took me.

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Poem, Sonnet

Is Magic Real?

Written for RDP Saturday: Explore Magic

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Poem, Sonnet

Love’s Refrain

Written for Jim Adams’ Thursday Inspiration #299 โ€“
โ€œDream A Little Dream Of Me
โ€
. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Short Story

First Light Of Dawn

Written for Muse on Monday where David asks us
to write a story about baking late at night.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Short Story

Life Lessons

Written for RDP Friday: PIANO!
This is my story.

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Flash, Micro Story

Slashdance

Written for Estherโ€™s Can You Tell A Story In – #305
in exactly 38 words using these four prompt words:
โ€˜algorithmโ€™, โ€˜waxworkโ€™, โ€˜razzle-dazzleโ€™, and โ€˜elicitโ€™.
Hereโ€™s my flash in exactly 38 words.

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Mini Story

My Interview With George Harrison

Our gracious host, Rochelle, encourages us
to be creative by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt below. This is a snippet

of a story I wrote years ago. At that time, I failed to indicate
that it was a fiction piece, which made a few people angry at me.
Utterly ridiculous! FFS! Like I really interviewed George Harrison!
This is Friday Fictioneers and hereโ€™s where the photo took me.

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Limerick, Poem

How The Mighty Have Fallen

Written for RDP Thursday: PRECARIOUS
Today Iโ€™ve chosen to write a limerick.

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Short Story

Lying Lips

Written for Fandangoโ€™s Story Starter #219.
This is my story, using Fandangoโ€™s opening line.

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Flash, Mini Story

Aw, Shucks!

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing Prompt
#434
where weโ€™re asked to be creative in exactly
77 words using the word โ€˜woebegoneโ€™. Also for
Sue & Gerryโ€™s Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge
where the prompt word is โ€˜imagineโ€™โ€™ and Fandango’s FOWC

using the word ‘weed’. Hereโ€™s where the three prompts took me.

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Acrostic, Flash, Poem

Tweet Tweet

Written for RDP Wednesday: TWITTER
Iโ€™ve chosen to write an acrostic poem.

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Music Blog

See You In September

This week at Glyn Wiltonโ€™s Mixed Music Bag,
heโ€™s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.ย 
Hereโ€™s my September artist and their song.

Continue reading “See You In September”
Uncategorized

Splish Splash

Written for Estherโ€™s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #250
including the
word โ€˜showerโ€™. This is my limerick.

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Short Story

Alpine Nights

Written for Sadjeโ€™s What Do You See #307.
Hereโ€™s where the two photo prompts took me.

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Informative, Miscellaneous, Trivia

Did You Know?

Which bird has the largest wingspan in the world?

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Cinquain, Poem

Cloud Nine

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #18.
Our inspiration word is โ€œthinkโ€. I have
 written a Mirror Cinquain, a 10-line,
single stanza poem with a syllable pattern
of 2 โ€“ 4 โ€“ 6 โ€“ 8 โ€“ 2 โ€“ 2 โ€“ 8 โ€“ 6 โ€“ 4 โ€“ 2.

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