Haiku, Poem

RDP Tuesday: horizon

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
ย to get creative with the word โ€˜horizonโ€™.
Thanks, Martha! Hereโ€™s my take.

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Limerick, Poem

The Switch

Written for Estherโ€™s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #241
. Using the prompt
word  โ€˜richโ€™, this is my limerick.

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Ovi Poem, Poem

Fly Away: An Ovi

Written for Ovi Poetry Challenge #99.
This weekโ€™s inspiration word is
โ€œflightโ€. Keeping with the yearโ€™s
theme of positivity, this is my Ovi.

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Short Story

Sea Shadows

Written for The Unicorn Challenge where
we are urged to get creative in 250 words or less.
The photo below is our inspiration; this is my story.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Old Jedediah

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing
Prompt #409
using the word โ€˜revelโ€™ in
exactly 69 words. Also for Sue & Gerryโ€™s
Weekly Prompts The One Day Prompt
#11
. Gorgeous graphic is by Kevin @
The Beginning At Last/No Theme Thursday.
In 69 words exactly, this is my story.

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Short Story

A Great Working Relationship

Written for The New, Unofficial, On-Line Writerโ€™s Guild.
This week the three prompts from Aooga at OLWG #388 are
(1) tea coloured eyes, (2) change the words of this poem,
and (3) New Mexico schmerz. We can use them as is,
as an inspiration or not at all. This is my story.

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Dectina Refrain

To Kiss Your Lips: A Dectina Refrain

Written for Sadjeโ€™s What Do You See # 258,
this is my Dectina Refrain response.

Image credit; Kateryna Hliznitsova @ Unsplash

Come,
my love,
lie with me
on the cool grass
beneath the pear tree,
Read love sonnets to me
till I grow warm with desire.
Now the wine has gone to my head
and I ache to feel your lips on mine.
Come, my love, lie with me on the cool grass

NARยฉ2024
#WDYS

This is โ€œShut Up and Kiss Meโ€ by Mary Chapin Carpenter

All text, graphics and videos are copyright for The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephantโ€™s Trunk and The Rhythm Section and are not to be used without permission. NARยฉ2017-present.

Dectina Refrain, Haiku

Come Softly: Dectina Refrain & Haiku

Written for Jimโ€™s Thursday Inspiration #231 –
โ€œCome Softly To Me
โ€. Here is my piece,
a Dectina Refrain followed by a haiku.

Do
You hear
Me tapping
On your window
Come softly darling
Sit right here beside me
Kiss my trembling fingertips
Take me in your arms and hold me
Tell me you will never let me go
Do you hear me tapping on your window

A petal soft kiss
Fluttering cherry blossoms
Loveโ€™s gentle breezes

NARยฉ2024

The Dectina Refrain is written as follows:
1stย line is 1 syllable,
2ndย line is 2 syllables,
3rdย line is 3 syllables, and so on for 9 lines;
the 10thย line is comprised of the first four lines
and written as one stand-alone line.

This is โ€œCome Softly To Meโ€  by the Fleetwoods

All text, graphics and videos are copyright for The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephantโ€™s Trunk and The Rhythm Section and are not to be used without permission. NARยฉ2017-present.