Fantasy, Poem

Smiling Girls & Rosy Boys

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #426
using the word β€˜plethora’;
in exactly 67 words, this is my take.

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Music Blog

Title Track: Photograph

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
where we’re writing about a song
that became the title of an album.
Here’s how the theme inspired me.

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Fantasy, Flash, Very Short Story

Like Magic!

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In…..?
#297”
– exactly 41 words using the five required
prompts: β€˜balloon’, β€˜fancy’, β€˜trance’, β€˜satchel’,
and β€˜monkey’. Also for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly
Prompts The One Day Prompt #15
.
Here’s where my thoughts went.

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Short Story

Stranded

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #68
. This week’s
inspiration is the photo seen below.
This is where the photo took me.

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Short Story

Lucky Cluck

Written for The Unicorn Challenge.
This is my 102nd and final story.

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Short Story

Big Red

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 and this
is where the photo took me.

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Flash, Uncategorized, Very Short Story

Without A Care

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #425
using the word β€˜lagoon’,
with inspiration from a great image
by Kevin @ No Theme Thursday.
In exactly 48 words, this is my take.

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Haibun, Poem

How Sweet It Is

Written for dVerse ~ Poet’s Pub: Who Has A Sweet~Tooth?
Our host Lillian asks us to write a poem using candy
names. This is my sweet~tooth inspired haibun.

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Flash, Prosery, Short Prose

Into Oblivion

Written for dVerse Prosery: Walcott’s Dark August.
Our host Kim asks us to write a piece of flash fiction
of up to or exactly 144 words, including the line shown
below by Derek Walcott. Here’s where his line took me.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Discombobulated

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly
Prompts Weekend Challenge
, using
the phrase β€˜back to front’.
Here’s were the prompt took me.

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Etheree, Poem

Imitation Of Love: An Etheree

Written for Melissa’s Fandango
Flash Fiction Challenge – #330
.
 Here’s where the photo took me.

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Music Blog

Weird Al Wednesday Update

We have some big news, Al!
Are you ready or what?

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Music Blog

Black Day In July

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 July artist and his song.

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Uncategorized

Farewell To A Legend

Β© YouTube

Rest In Peace, Ozzy. You brought so much into our lives and there will never be anyone like you ever again. We’ll miss you, man. You’ll never be forgotten. 🀘🏼 πŸ–€

This is a clip from Ozzy’s final performance.

All text and graphics are copyright for Nancy’s Notes πŸ–ŠοΈπŸŽΆ, The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephant’s Trunk, The Rhythm Section, et al., and are not to be used without permission. NARΒ©2017-present.

Limerick, Poem

The Switch

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #241
. Using the prompt
word  β€˜rich’, this is my limerick.

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Etheree, Poem

Doctor My Eyes!

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge #043
. I chose pic #2.
This etheree is where the image took me.

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Cinquain, Poem

Against The Odds

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt 9.
Our inspiration word is β€œbrave”.
 Here’s where my thoughts went.

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Free Verse, Poem

Nickelodeon Nights

Written for W3 Prompt #168: Wea’ve Written Weekly
where David invites us to write about old-time wonders –
where cogs spin, gears click, and imaginations run on steam.
Here’s where my imagination took me. 

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Music Blog

After The Big O

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
where we’re writing about songs
that appear on an artist’s 2nd album.
Here’s how the theme inspired me.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Game Night

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In…..?
#296”
– exactly 57 words using the six required
prompts: β€˜gag’, β€˜climb’, β€˜thriller’, β€˜fussy’, β€˜scorpio’
and β€˜tombola’. Here’s where my thoughts went.

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Short Story

Just This One

In 2017, this was the first story
I wrote for The Elephant’s Trunk.

Rewritten for The Unicorn Challenge where we are encouraged

to write a story in 250 words or less using the photo below
as inspiration. Here’s the memory that was ignited.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Blonde On Blonde

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
and this is where the photo took me.

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Miscellaneous

Bondage

I thought that title might grab your attention!
Read on…..

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Miscellaneous

Did You Know?

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #297.
This is where my imagination took me.

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Limerick, Poem

Gesundheit!

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #240
. Using the prompt
word  β€˜sneeze’, this is my limerick.

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Miscellaneous

On This Day

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Music Blog

July In Cheyenne

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 July artist and his song.

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Sci-Fi, Short Story

Broken Alliance

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #424
using the word β€˜demure’,
Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Weekend
Challenge
(intoxicating) and
OMIMM
Weekly Writing Prompt #67
. In 70 words,
this is where my imagination took me.

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Poem, Quadrille

Once A Child

Happy 14th Poet Pub Anniversary!
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille
Monday – #227
where our inspiration
word is β€œturn”. Here is my quadrille.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

In Style

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In…..?
#295”
– exactly 44 words using the five required
prompts: β€˜triathlon’, β€˜dolphin’, β€˜stylish’, β€˜aristocrat’,
and β€˜toffee’. Here’s where my thoughts went.

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