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

But You Gotta Have Faith

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt
where our inspiration is โ€œfaithโ€.
This is my cinquain.

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

By The Gods!

Written for Estherโ€™s Laughing Along
With A Limerick
. The prompt word
is โ€˜floorโ€™ and this is my limerick.

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Phrase Prompt, Short Story, Writing Prompts

The Missus

Written for Fandangoโ€™s Story Starter
and TN’s OLWG #411; all the prompts are
shown below. Hereโ€™s where they took me.

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Paean, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Solid Eight: A Paean Poem

I’m recuperating from surgery
and hope to be here tomorrow.

Written for Davidโ€™s Wea’ve Written Weekly
where our PoW, Nigel, asks us to write a
paean poem in response to his prompt โ€“
โ€œPaean of Personal Triumphโ€. Thanks for
the inspiration, Nigel & David! Hereโ€™s my take.

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Mystery, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

A Civil Matter

I’m recuperating from surgery
and hope to be back tomorrow.

Written for Muse On Monday where David
has asked us to write about someone breaking
into their own house. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

Smooth Sailing

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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Informative, Mini Story

Back In The O-O-OR!

Here we go again!

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

Le Joint

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille Monday
โ€œWriting Down the Bonesโ€. Our host, De Jackson,
asks us to create a poem using any form of  
the word โ€œboneโ€. Here is my quadrille.

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

Little Girl Blue

Written for Estherโ€™s Laughing Along
With A Limerick
. The prompt word
is โ€˜capeโ€™ and this is my limerick.

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Last Post

Written for Crispinaโ€™s Crimsonโ€™s Creative
Challenge #080
. I chose Pic #4.
Hereโ€™s where the image took me.

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Short Story, Phrase Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Last Ride

Written for โ€œItโ€™s Story Timeโ€ where Jolene
has given us four prompts to work with. Also
written for FSS including an opening line from
Fandangoโ€™s Story Starter. All the prompts are
shown below; hereโ€™s where they took me.

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

The Promise They Carry

Written for Reenaโ€™s Xploration Challenge
where the theme this week is โ€œpeaceโ€.
This is where the prompts took me.

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Haibun, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

March Madness: Day Of The Lepus

Written for dVerse Poets Haibun Monday:
Mad March Hare. Our host is Frank Tassone
and this is my haibun response.

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

Toad Overload

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly
13 words using the prompt word โ€˜spellโ€™.
Hereโ€™s where the prompt took me.

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Adventure, Mystery, Recurring Character, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Prompts

The Fob and the Falcon: A Jackson DeWitt Story

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle.
Our 12 prompt words appear below
Here’s where the prompt took me.

modern, change, steep, twice, list, ring,
leaf, beast, yet, mace, fob, and hole

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Ode, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Queen Fluffy

Written for Living Poetry where our host,
Bartholomew, asks us to write an

obsequious poem. Hereโ€™s my take.

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

Giddy Up!

Written for Estherโ€™s Laughing Along
With A Limerick
. The prompt word
is โ€˜rideโ€™ and this is my limerick.

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Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Landslide

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly 41
words using the prompt word โ€˜gooseberryโ€™.
Hereโ€™s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Last Junction

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, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Arriving Storm

Written for Living Poetry where our host,
Bartholomew asks us to write a poem
using the words โ€˜condition, โ€˜fiveโ€™,
and โ€˜rapidโ€™. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Mystery, Photo Prompt, Short Story, Writing Prompts

Shadows At The Crown

When I saw this photo on Brianโ€™s site,
Bushboys World, I knew I wanted to
write something. Here it is. Thanks to
Brian for the use of his wonderful photo.

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Mystery, Noir, Recurring Cgaracter, Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle, Writing Prompts

The Big Charade: A Dirk Malone Mystery

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week are
shown below. Hereโ€™s where the prompts took me.

faรงade, doubts, curiosity, bitter, torn, hit,
restless, hope, massive, frail, strip, and sting

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

Oh, Behave!

Written for Gerry & Sueโ€™s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
using the word โ€˜bulbousโ€™.
Hereโ€™s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

You Looking At Me?

Written for Melissaโ€™s Fandango Flash Fiction
using the photo below as our inspiration
Hereโ€™s where the photo took me.

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

Carpe Diem: A Cinquain

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #42 where our
inspiration is โ€œbalanceโ€. Hereโ€™s my mirror cinquain.

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Flash, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Jury

Written for Muse on Monday where David
has asked us to write a story about giving
someone bad news. Hereโ€™s my take.

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

Weird Science

Written for Estherโ€™s โ€œCan You Tell A Story Inโ€
exactly 56 words using the five prompt words
shown below. In exactly 56 words, hereโ€™s my flash.

hyena ~ chemist ~ mobile ~ jive ~ cheesecake

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Mystery, Photo Prompt, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Ruelle Chagouamigon

Written for Sadjeโ€™s โ€œWhat Do You Seeโ€ and for
Missyโ€™s Mad Challenge where the prompt is to

write a story about two strangers who share a
moment that neither will ever speak of again.
Also for Violet’s Literary Challenge where she asks
us to include the following line into our writing:
โ€œAfter what we have seen, we can never be who we were”

by Gemma Liviero. Hereโ€™s where the prompts took me.

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Micro Story, News, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Thursday: laughable

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
ย to get creative with the word โ€œlaughableโ€.
Thanks, Martha! Hereโ€™s where the prompt took me.

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Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

One More Hand

Written for dVerse ~ Poets Pub: Turn of Phrase
hosted by Melissa who has asked us to write a poem of
any style or format, made up of phrases. This is my response.

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