Limerick, Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Ooh, That Smell!

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick
. The prompt word
is β€˜bath’ and this is my limerick.

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Limerick, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Tuesday: limerick

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
 to get creative with the word β€œlimerick”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Informative, Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Exercise

Oh, Behave!

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
using the word β€˜bulbous’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip! Wag!

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly 25
words using the prompt word β€˜young’. Also for
FOWC With Fandango and his word, β€œpotential”.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Micro Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Friday: limitation

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œlimitation”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Cafeteria Capers

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In”
exactly 64 words using the six prompt words
shown below. In exactly 64 words, here’s my flash.

nurse, tabasco, invisible, spider, windmill, and moustache

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

You Looking At Me?

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

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Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Wednesday: silken

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œsilken”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Photo Prompt, Short Story

The Butterblume Affair

Inspiration for this story came from a
photo I saw on Brenda’s Random Thoughts.
Please che
ck out her great writing and lovely photos.

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Limerick, Poetry, Sci-Fi, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Inside-Out

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick
. The prompt word
is β€˜sprout’ and this is my limerick.

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Informative, Musing, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Tuesday: luxurious

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
 to get creative with the word β€œluxurious”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Monday: ship-shape

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œship-shape”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Weird Science

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In”
exactly 56 words using the five prompt words
shown below. In exactly 56 words, here’s my flash.

hyena ~ chemist ~ mobile ~ jive ~ cheesecake

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Limerick, Word Prompt, Poetry, Writing Prompts

RDP Wednesday: magnanimous

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œmagnanimous”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Cinquain, Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

What A Trip! – A Cinquain

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #41
where our inspiration is β€œtrip”.
Here’s my mirror cinquain.

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Limerick, Word Prompt, Poetry, Writing Prompts

King Cobra

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick
. The prompt word
is β€˜hiss’ and this is my limerick
.

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Micro Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Saturday: critters

Written for RDP, where Punam asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œcritters”.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Musing

It Was Many Years Ago Today

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Flash, Short Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Beekeeper

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
using the word β€˜alternative’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Wednesday: crazy

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œcrazy”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Phrase Prompt, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Look Of Love

Written for Fandango’s Story Starter.
Here’s my story, using Fan’s prompt line:

It had never entered Richard’s mind that his son
was not his own blood.

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Limerick, Poetry, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Last Catch

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick
. The prompt word
is β€˜cast’ and this is my limerick.

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Limerick, Poetry, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Tuesday: observant

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œobservant”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Mini Story, Musing, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Thursday: gregarious

Written for RDP, where bushboy asks us
 to get creative with the word β€œgregarious”.
Thanks, Brian! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Word Prompt

RDP Wednesday: pleasant

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œpleasant”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Limerick, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Seeing Double

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick
. The prompt word
is β€˜dim’ and this is my limerick.

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt

Destination Unknown

Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers
This is where the prompt took me.

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Poetry, Sonnet, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Ode On An Ice Cream Churn

Written for Monday Poetry Prompt: How do I love thee?
Our host, Bartholomew, asks us to write a poem

in response to Elizabeth Barrett-Browning’s famous quote.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Micro Story, Word Challenge

RDP Wednesday: ringleader

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œringleader!”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

Β© Adobe

Yo!

In this dog-eat-dog world,
there can be only one ringleader:

THE MEOWFIA

When these cats are in town, all bets are off.

FUHGEDDABOUDIT!!

NARΒ©2026

This is β€œWoke Up This Morning” by Alabama 3

All text and graphics are copyright for Nancy Richy and are not to be used without permission. NARΒ©2017-present.

Limerick, Word Prompt, Poetry

One Bad Apple

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick
. The prompt word
is β€˜apple’ and this is my limerick.

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