Music Blog

December’s Here!

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 December artist and their song.

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Flash, Mini Story

Invaders From Mars

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” –
#315
, exactly 54 words using these five prompt
words: ‘husky’, ‘acne’, ‘spaceman’, ‘lettuce’
and ‘wheelbarrow’. Here’s my 54-word flash.

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Flash, Haiku, Poem

RDP Tuesday: optimism

Today at RDP, Martha asks us to get creative
with the word ‘optimism’. Thanks, Martha!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Haibun, Poem

Weathering The Dark

Written for Sadje’s “What Do You See” #317
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Short Story

The Last Performance

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #062.
I chose Pic #2.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Mini Story, Musing

RDP Monday: hullabaloo

Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us to get creative
with the word ‘hullabaloo’. Thanks, Heather!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Musical Poetry, Poem

Doloroso e Amoroso

Written for David’s Weave Written Weekly #187
where Ange has prompted us to write a piece of
“musical poetry” inspired by the instrumental
guitar track, “Canción Triste” by Jesse Cook.
This is my response. Thanks, Ange & David!

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Flash, Micro Story

RDP Sunday: praise

Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us to get
creative with the word ‘praise’. Thanks, Doc!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Cinquain, Poem

Walk On

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #28.
Our inspiration word is “survive”.
This is my mirror cinquain.

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Music Blog

Any Road: Song Lyric Sunday

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
“A Hill of Beans Can Become

a Mountain of Trouble”
This is my response to the challenge
.

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Short Story

For What It’s Worth

Written for RDP where Punam’s word of the day
is ‘chimera’ and for Sue and Gerry’s Weekly Prompt –
The One Day Prompt
. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Poem, Wordle

Shopper’s Lament

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #452.
Our prompt words are: forget, reminder,
busy, time, passing, late, missed, find, out,
store, revolve, and schedule. Thanks, Di!
Here’s where the prompt words took me.

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Limerick, Poem

Mega-Sales

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #259
. The prompt
word is ‘shopping’. This is my limerick.

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Fantasy, Flash, Haiku, Poem

RDP Friday: zephyr

Today at RDP, Martha Kennesy asks us to get
creative with the word ‘zephyr’. Thanks, Martha!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Miscellaneous

Please Pass The Pastiche: Thanksgiving Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration #308
“Flip the Switch”. Here’s my response.

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Flash, Mini Story

The Empty Chair

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

Happy 54th Anniversary, Rochelle & Jan!

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Uncategorized

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Short Story

The Negotiator

Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge #348
using the photo below as our
inspiration. Here’s where the photo took me.

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Fantasy, Haibun, Poem

The Watcher

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #061
. I chose Pic #2.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Musing, Stream of Consciousness

RDP Wednesday: house

Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us to get creative
with the word ‘house’. Thanks, Heather!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Music Blog

Novembre

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 November artist and her song.

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Flash, Mini Story, Mystery

The Keeper

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#443
where we’re asked to be creative in
exactly  words using the word ‘vision’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Poem

RDP Tuesday: illusion

Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us to get  
 creative with the word ‘illusion’. Thanks, Martha!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Short Story

His Life Of Elaborate Poverty

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
using the word ‘excessive’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Short Story

Moving Day

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #733. Our host
is Brenda Warren and these are our prompt words:
thistles, horns, stiff, treat, wee, chirping, fit,
down, stick, blushing, out, and moment.
Here’s where the prompts  took me.

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Poem

RDP Monday: multitude

Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us to get creative
 with the word ‘multitude’. Thanks, Heather!
Here’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 “blaze”.
This is my mirror cinquain.

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Fantasy, Flash, Micro Story

Whispered Secrets

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” –
#314
, exactly 40 words using these four prompt
words: ‘bonsai’, ‘puddle’, ‘knapsack’, and
‘rejoice’. Here’s my 61-word flash.

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Mini Story

RDP sunday: quit

Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us to get
 creative with the word ‘quit’. Thanks, Doc!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Music Blog, Short Story

The Final Threshold

Written for Violet’s Challenge where she has asked
 us to include the following phrase into our writings;
 “To the well-organized mind, death is but the next
great adventure”. Also for Jim’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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