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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Miscellaneous

Please Pass The Pastiche: Thanksgiving Thursday Inspiration

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

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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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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

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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Fantasy, Limerick, Poem

Oh! My Talons Are Killing Me!

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #258
. The prompt
word is ‘scale’. This is my limerick.

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Short Story

Gettin’ Hitched!

Written for “A Dawg’s Challenge 4 Ewe”
where Ernie has provided us with a bunch of

homonyms and invites us to get creative
using at least three of the sound-alike words.
Click the link to see the homonyms. Here’s my story.

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Poem, Limerick

RDP Monday: jaunty

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

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Short Story

Life’s Essential Destinations

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #060
. I chose Pic #4.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Flash, Micro Story

A Question Of Judgment

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#442
where we’re asked to be creative in
exactly 58 words using the word ‘keyboard’.

Also for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
using the word ‘epic’.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Poem, Limerick

Time Out

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #314
and Esther’s Laughing Along With A
Limerick #257
using the word ‘snacks’.
Here’s where the photo prompts took me.

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Acrostic, Poem

RDP Friday: raucous

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

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Mini Story

RDP Thursday: parallel

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

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Poem

RDP Tuesday: absurd

Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us
to get creative with the word ‘absurd’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s were my mind went.

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Limerick, Ovi Poem

Dumpster Diving

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #256
. The prompt
word is ‘litter’. This is my limerick.

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Musing, Uncategorized

Cyster Update, Part 2

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Limerick, Poem

RDP Monday: gluttony

Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the word.
 ‘gluttony’. Here’s my take.

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Fantasy, Flash, Mini Story

Matchmaker

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” – #311
exactly 46 words using these four prompt words:
‘portal’, ‘drool’, ‘slippers’, and ‘marksman’.
Here’s my flash in exactly 46 words.

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Musing, Trivia

RDP Saturday: haze

Today at RDP, Punam has asked us to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing on
the word ‘haze’. Thanks, Punam! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story

Rockin’ The Milky Way

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt – #83
.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Happy Birthday, Limerick, Poem

Skeleton Boogaloo

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #255
. The prompt
word is ‘dust’. This is my limerick.

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Poem

First Date

Written for dVerse Poetics – It’s Not That Scary.
 Mish invites us to celebrate Halloween by writing
 a non-scary poem using one of the movie quotes
provided for our first line. I have chosen the line
“Help Me. Help me be human.” from The Fly (1986)
 with Jeff Goldblum. Here’s my romantic poem.

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Flash, Mini Story, Musing

RDP Tuesday: fancy

Today at RDP, Martha has asked us to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing on
the word ‘fancy
. Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.

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Micro Story

RDP Monday: frisky

Today at RDP, sgeoil has asked us to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘frisky
. Here’s my take.

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Flash, Micro Story

Whiz Kid

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#439
where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
19 words using the word ‘bachelor’. Here’s my take.

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Flash, Micro Story

RDP Saturday: fuchsia

Today at RDP, Punam has asked us to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘fuchsia
. Here’s my take.

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Fantasy, Flash, Mini Story

Call Of The Wild

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” – #310
in exactly 54 words using these five prompts:
‘gerbil’, ‘wonderland’, ‘aftershave’, ‘zip’ and ‘banshee’.
In exactly 54 words, this is my flash.

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Musing, Very Short Story

RDP Friday: annoy

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘annoy
. Here’s my take.

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Short Story

The House Across The Street

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

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