Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
ย to get creative with the word โhorizonโ.
Thanks, Martha! Hereโs my take.
Tag: Kiss
The Switch
Written for Estherโs Laughing Along
With A Limerick #241. Using the prompt
word โrichโ, this is my limerick.
Fly Away: An Ovi
Written for Ovi Poetry Challenge #99.
This weekโs inspiration word is
โflightโ. Keeping with the yearโs
theme of positivity, this is my Ovi.
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.
Old Jedediah
Written for Sammiโs Weekend Writing
Prompt #409 using the word โrevelโ in
exactly 69 words. Also for Sue & Gerryโs
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.
A Great Working Relationship
Written for The New, Unofficial, On-Line Writerโs 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.
To Kiss Your Lips: A Dectina Refrain
Written for Sadjeโs What Do You See # 258,
this is my Dectina Refrain response.

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 โShut Up and Kiss Meโ by Mary Chapin Carpenter
All text, graphics and videos are copyright for The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephantโs Trunk and The Rhythm Section and are not to be used without permission. NARยฉ2017-present.
Come Softly: Dectina Refrain & Haiku
Written for Jimโs Thursday Inspiration #231 –
โCome Softly To Meโ. 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
Loveโs 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 โCome Softly To Meโ by the Fleetwoods
All text, graphics and videos are copyright for The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephantโs Trunk and The Rhythm Section and are not to be used without permission. NARยฉ2017-present.