Limerick, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt

Oh Snap!

Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “first”.

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Photo Prompt, Poetry, Senryu, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Butt, Butt…. – A Senryu

Written for Rall’s Senryu Sunday.
Here’s the image I’ve chosen.

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Poetry, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

My Exercise Plan

Written for Esther’s Writing Prompt
using the prompt word ‘exercise’.

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

Mitzi’s Mishap

Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where our host Sammi asks us to use
 “headlong” in exactly 18 words.

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

Ribbit!

Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “jog”.

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Flash, Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Larry’s Bad Surprise

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.

cash
~ huge ~ monkey ~ much ~ grin ~ shovel
birthday ~ carry ~ took ~ back ~ trailer ~ grab

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

RDP Monday: groggy

Written for RDP where segoil asks us
to get creative with the word “groggy”.

Thanks, Heather!

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Longer Stories, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Vaffanculo!

Re-written from 2023 for Great Minds Think
The Enough Challenge. Our hosts, Sarah & Rohini,
ask us to consider “when is enough actually enough?”

Some of you may remember this one; it felt like
the right time to break it out again. Enjoy!

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

Rear Admiral

Written for “Can You Tell A Story In”
exactly 38 words using the prompts below.

breeches, tittle-tattle, spaceship, yoga

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Flash, Movie, Movie Blog, Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

RDP Thursday: cone

Written for RDP where Brian asks us
to get creative with the word “cone”.

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

Shoo, Fly!

Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “eyes”.

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

The Wedding Toast

Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where our host Sammi asks us to use
 “felicity” in exactly 78 words. Also
for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
– “confused”.

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Poetry, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Glory Days

Written for Living Poetry. Bart asks
us to write a poem with the words
field, game, and husband.

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Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts, Writing Challenge

Can You Hear Me Knocking?

Re-written for Esther’s Writing Prompt
using the prompt word ‘test’.
Original from 2023.

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Poetry, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

A Little Help Would Be Nice

Written for Thursday Inspiration
“Help Me”

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Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

RDP Wednesday: sloppy

Written for RDP where segoil asks us
to get creative with the word “sloppy”.

Thanks, Heather!

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

Bug Off!

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
word ‘anxiety’.

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Chōka, Hanka, Poetry, Tanka, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Introduction: A Chōka

Written for Tanka Tuesday where our host,
Melissa, asks us to write syllabic poetry
using “forgetting” as our theme.

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

I ❤️ PBB

Written for RDP where Lou
challenges us with the word “chunk”.

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Mini Story, Monologue, Photo Prompt, Stream of Consciousness, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Liquid Lunch

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

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Star Search

Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge
using the image below as inspiration.

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

Ghost Trip

Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “sheet”.

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Absurdist Fiction, Limerick, Nonsense, Photo Prompt, Phrase Prompt, Poetry, Song, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Sir Swellimpedeedoo Says “I Do”

Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Matt, challenges us to
write a 10-line nonsense poem
as inspired by this image:

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Absurdist Fiction, Fantasy, Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Preposterous Picnic

Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where our host Sammi asks us to use
 “hodgepodge” in exactly 55 words,  
and for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly
Prompts Colour Challenge
– “brown”.

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Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Sorry, My Bad

Written for Muse On Monday. We are asked
 to write a story in the form of an email.

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Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Seattle Regional

Great Minds ThinkThe Literary Rug-Pull Challenge
Our hosts Sarah & Rohini invite us to write a story
with an unexpected twist ending.

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

Stymied

Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “puzzle”.

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Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Last Call

Written for Living Poetry. Bart asks us
to write a drain poem. We’re asked to
think about the act of liquids draining
and to come up with a new metaphor.

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

Inner Peace

Written for “Can You Tell A Story In”
exactly 77 words using the prompts below.

coyote, lemonade, therapist, bubblewrap,
misspell, vacuum, lycra, backstroke

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Photo Prompt, Poetry

I’ll Have What She’s Having

Big thanks to Brian at Bushboy’s World
for allowing me to use his cool photo.

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