Flash, Mini Story

Uncle Bobby: The Sighting

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
Friday Fictioneers. Here’s where the photo took me.

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Cinquain, Poem

Night Music

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #16
where our inspiration word is β€œbelieve”.
Also written for dVerse Poets MTB:
Cinquains Revisited
. I have written a
Β Mirror Cinquain, a 10-line, single stanza poem
with a syllable pattern of 2–4–6–8–2–8–6–4–2.

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Music Blog

What Do You Want?

Written for Thursday Inspiration #296 –
β€œWith A Girl LikeYou
”. Here’s my take.

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Short Story

That Old Rockin’ Chair’s Got Me

Written for Mark’s Today’s Writing Practice #9
where we’re given photo and written prompts.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Poem

Transformation

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

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Uncategorized

Sitting In Judgement

Sammi at Weekend Writing Prompt #431
asks us to be creative with the word β€œcromulent”
in exactly 45 words. Maybe this image from Christine at
Simply 6 Minutes will be my inspiration. Here’s my story.

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Music Blog

Sealed With A Kiss

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 September artist and his song.

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Flash, Micro Story

In Your Face

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #149
– incorporating the word β€˜life’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Limerick, Poem

Seraphina & Mick

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #247
. Using the prompt
wordΒ  β€˜spell’, this is my limerick.

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Uncategorized

Unanswerable Questions

A little holiday fun!

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Flash, Micro Story

Bait And Switch

Written for Esther’s Can You Tell A Story In – #302
in exactly 35 words using these four prompt
words: β€˜coupon’, β€˜lake’, β€˜puppet’, and β€˜tuba’.
In 35 words, here’s where the prompts took me.

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Music Blog

Everybody Knows

Written for Song Lyric Sunday where
today’s theme is philosophical songs.
Here’s how the theme inspired me.

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Musing, Short Story

Hold On Tight

Written for Muse on Monday where David asks us
to write a story from the perspective of a blind person.

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Miscellaneous

Did You Know?

What was the first toy advertised on TV? 

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Short Story

Tomorrow Never Knows

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #303.
Some of you have read this, originally written
several years ago as I recounted a true story
about events experienced by me in the hospital

after surgery. The hallucinations were
very real and I remember every detail.

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Poem

When The Storm Rolls In

Written for Esther’s Writing Prompts #80
incorporating the word β€œstrike”, and for the

image from Mark @ Today’s Writing Practice.
Here’s where the prompts led me.

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Poem

Nature’s Chain

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge #049
. I chose pic #4
Here’s where the image took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

The Boyfriend

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
Friday Fictioneers. Here’s where the photo took me.

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Limerick, Poem

Ribbit!

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #246
incorporating
the word β€˜sing’. This is my limerick.

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Music Blog, Musing

Hold Me Tight

Written for Thursday Inspiration #295 –
β€œWhat I Like About You
”
. Here’s my take.

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Cinquain, Poem

Rise Up!

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #15.
Our inspiration word is β€œthrive”. I have
 written a Mirror Cinquain, a 10-line,
single stanza poem with a syllable pattern
of 2-4-6-8-2-8-6-4-2.

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Poem, Quadrille

Who Let The Dogs Out?

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #230 –
β€œLet’s Kick Up A Rumpus!”
Our host Kim
invites us to write a poem in exactly 44
words, one of which must be the word
β€œrumpus”. What fun! Here’s my quadrille.

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Flash, Micro Story

Lover, Come Back!

Sammi asks us to be creative with the word
β€œumbrella” in exactly 24 words while Gerry &
Sue
want us to include the word β€œburgeoning”.
Maybe this timely image from Mike at OMIMM
will inspire me. Here’s where my thoughts went.

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Music Blog

August: Rilo Kiley

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 featured August artist and their song.

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Poem

Neon Gods

Written for dVerse Poetics: It’s Noisy In Here!
Our host, Mish, is asking us to write a poem
of any style dealing with noise. Here’s mine.

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Cinquain, Poem, Uncategorized

Out Of Control

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #14.
Our inspiration word is β€œcontrol”. I have
 written a Mirror Cinquain, a 10-line,
single stanza poem with a syllable pattern
of 2-4-6-8-2-8-6-4-2

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Short Story

Back For Blood

Written for Today’s Writing Practice #6
where we’re given today’s prompt.

Also for Esther’s Writing Prompts
where the word is “window”.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Short Story

Chills In The Night

Written for Today’s Writing Practice #4
where we’re given today’s prompt.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

Video Zombie Apocalypse

Esther asks us to write a story in exactly 51 words
and she wants us to include these words: β€˜roadworks’,
β€˜millipede’, β€˜beer’, β€˜Wi-Fi’, β€˜tarot’ and β€˜scarf’. This should
be interesting! Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Music Blog

Prince Charming

This week’s challenge at Song Lyric Sunday
is all about nursery rhymes and fairy tales

suggested by Di at pensitivity101.
Let’s go, kids! Pull up a chair.

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