Poem

RDP Monday: multitude

Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us to get creative
 with the word โ€˜multitudeโ€™. Thanks, Heather!
Hereโ€™s where the prompt word took me.

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Cinquain, Fantasy, Poem

Fever Pitch: A Cinquain

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #27.
Our inspiration word is โ€œblazeโ€.
This is my mirror cinquain.

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Fantasy, Flash, Micro Story

Whispered Secrets

Written for Estherโ€™s โ€œCan You Tell A Story Inโ€ –
#314
, exactly 40 words using these four prompt
words: โ€˜bonsaiโ€™, โ€˜puddleโ€™, โ€˜knapsackโ€™, and
โ€˜rejoiceโ€™. Hereโ€™s my 61-word flash.

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Mini Story

RDP sunday: quit

Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us to get
ย creative with the word โ€˜quitโ€™. Thanks, Doc!
Hereโ€™s where the prompt word took me.

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Music Blog, Short Story

The Final Threshold

Written for Violetโ€™s Challenge where she has asked
ย us to include the following phrase into our writings;
ย “To the well-organized mind, death is but the next
great adventureโ€. Also for Jimโ€™s Song Lyric Sunday
where the challenge is to write about a song that
mentions river/stream/creek/brook. This is my story.

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Music Blog

The River Of Dreams

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Naturally Flowing Water”
This is my response to the challenge.

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Flash, Mini Story

RDP Saturday: variegated

Today at RDP, Punam asks us to get
 creative with the word โ€˜variegatedโ€™. Thanks, Punam!
Hereโ€™s where the prompt word took me.

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Short Story, Wordle

Broken Promises

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #451.
Our prompt words this week are: banish,
sad, guilty, weak, push, cute, way, cheeky,
sweet, furry, trick, and battle. Thanks, Di!
Here’s where the prompt words took me.

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Fantasy, Limerick, Poem

Oh! My Talons Are Killing Me!

Written for Estherโ€™s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #258
. The prompt
word is โ€˜scaleโ€™. This is my limerick.

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Uncategorized

Jim’s Broccoli & Cheese Casserole

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Haiku, Poem

RDP Friday: boreal

Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us to get
 creative with the word โ€˜borealโ€™. Thanks, Martha!
Hereโ€™s where the prompt word took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

Discarded

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
encourages us to be creative by writing a story inย 
100 words or less using the photo shown below.
ย Hereโ€™s where the photo prompt took me.

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Poem

Two Tables

Today at RDP, bushboy asks us to get
ย creative with the word โ€˜feastโ€™. Thanks, Brian!
Hereโ€™s where the prompt word took me.

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Fantasy

Cathedral Of Sand

Written for Sadjeโ€™s โ€œWhat Do You Seeโ€ #315
Hereโ€™s where the photo prompt took me.

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Uncategorized

It Ain’t Easy

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Music Blog

Murder Most Foul

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. 
Hereโ€™s my November artist and his song.

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News, Uncategorized

Say Goodbye To My Little Friend

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Short Story

Gettin’ Hitched!

Written for “A Dawg’s Challenge 4 Ewe”
where Ernie has provided us with a bunch of

homonyms and invites us to get creative
using at least three of the sound-alike words.
Click the link to see the homonyms. Hereโ€™s my story.

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Flash, Mini Story, Musing

RDP Tuesday: grace

Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us to get
ย creative with the word โ€˜graceโ€™. Thanks, Martha!
Hereโ€™s where the prompt word took me.

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Short Story, Wordle

The Family Way

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #732. Our
host is Brenda Warren and these are our words:
greed, tragedy, despair, presence, walk, calm,
strings, earth, all, spirit, vibrating, and heart.
Hereโ€™s where the prompt words took me.

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Cinquain, Poem

Winter Day

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #26.
Our inspiration word is โ€œchillโ€.
This is my mirror cinquain.

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Limerick, Poem

RDP Monday: jaunty

Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us to get
ย creative with the word โ€˜jauntyโ€™. Thanks, Heather!
Hereโ€™s where the prompt word took me.

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Short Story

Life’s Essential Destinations

Written for Crispinaโ€™s Crimsonโ€™s Creative
Challenge #060
. I chose Pic #4.
Hereโ€™s where the image took me.

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Flash, Micro Story

A Question Of Judgment

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing Prompt
#442
where weโ€™re asked to be creative in
exactly 58 words using the word โ€˜keyboardโ€™.

Also for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
using the word ‘epic’.
Hereโ€™s where the prompts took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

RDP Sunday: snowflake

Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us to get
ย creative with the word โ€˜snowflakeโ€™. Thanks, Doc!
Hereโ€™s where the prompt word took me.

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Uncategorized

Scheherazade: Friday Faithfuls

Written in response to Friday Faithfuls:
โ€œOnce Upon A Timeโ€. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Music Blog

A Decade Of Hits 1969-1979

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Most Popular Songs”.
This is my response to the challenge.

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Flash, Mini Story

Dirk Malone, PI: The Ice Princess

Written for Estherโ€™s โ€œCan You Tell A Story Inโ€ –
#313
, exactly 61 words using these six prompt
words: โ€˜babyโ€™, โ€˜ice-skatingโ€™, โ€˜albumโ€™, โ€˜saladโ€™,
โ€˜frightโ€™, and โ€˜cameraโ€™. Hereโ€™s my 61-word flash.

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Flash, Horror, Mystery, Poem, Seventies

RDP Saturday: terror

Today at RDP, Punam asks us to get
ย creative with the word โ€˜terrorโ€™. Thanks, Punam!

Hereโ€™s where the prompt word took me.

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Fantasy, Short Story

In Cecily’s Garden

Written for Muse on Monday where David asks us
to write a story with characters of vastly different
sizes. This is where the prompt took me.

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