Poetry, Quadrille, Word Prompt

Lingering

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille
Monday – #227
where our host,
De Jackson, has offered up the
word โ€œsmileโ€. Here is my quadrille.

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Informative, Theme Prompt

Much Too Young

Written for Thursday Inspiration #314 โ€“
โ€œYouโ€™re Still The Oneโ€. Hereโ€™s my response.

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Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle

Patsy Cline

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #458.
Our twelve prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me. Thanks, Di!

chapter, clear,
cup, drama, felt, fifty, message,
muted, precious, sparkler, watched, and wiped

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Flash, Micro Story, Musing, Word Prompt

RDP Wednesday: tally

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us to
 get creative with the words โ€˜tallyโ€™.
Thanks, Heather! Hereโ€™s my take.

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Informative, Music Blog

Ruby, Ruby, Ruby!

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
“Been Done Before”.
This is my response to the challenge.

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Short Story

In A Fog

Written for Sadjeโ€™s โ€œWhat Do You Seeโ€ #321.
Hereโ€™s where the photo prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Musing, Word Prompt

RDP Thursday: reset

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

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt

Try Love

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing Prompt
#448
where weโ€™re asked to be creative in
exactly 42 words using the word โ€˜notionโ€™.
Hereโ€™s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle

A Decade Of Us

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #457.
Our twelve prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me. Thanks, Di!

closed, kind, lights, love, memory, over,
pleasure, presence, smile, time, touch, and whim

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Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle

Unwrapping The Memories

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #737. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week are
shown below.  Hereโ€™s where the prompts took me.

lingering, felt, sharp, human, point, oddly,
full, sense, instead, joy, sit, and place

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Poem, Word Prompt

All Snug In Their Beds

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

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Flash, Haiku, Poem, Word Prompt

RDP Monday: fluent

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

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Cinquain, Poem, Word Prompt

Christmas Is….

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #31 where
our inspiration word is โ€œhopeโ€. This is my cinquain.

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Short Story, Writing Exercise

Perchance To Dream

Written for Violetโ€™s Quote Challenge where she
has asked us to include the following quote into
our writing: โ€œIf you’re happy in a dream, does

that count?
โ€
Hereโ€™s my response to the challenge.

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Flash, Musing, Word Prompt

RDP Saturday: party

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

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Informative, Movie, Song, Uncategorized

Totally Devoted: Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration #311 โ€“
โ€œCaught Up In Youโ€. Hereโ€™s my response.

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Poem, Wordle

Wintry Night

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #455.
Our twelve prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me. Thanks, Di!

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Haiku, Poem

RDP Sunday: reverie

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

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Musing, Song

Baby Come Back: Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration #310 โ€“
โ€œOh Sherrieโ€. Hereโ€™s my response.

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Short Story, Theme Prompt

Through The Wall, Softly

Written for Muse on Monday where David
asks us to write a story about neighbors.
Hereโ€™s were the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

Making Magic

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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Flash, Micro Story

Alone

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing Prompt
#445
where weโ€™re asked to be creative in
exactly 16  words using the word โ€˜waitโ€™.
Hereโ€™s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Musing, Word Challenge

RDP Tuesday: achievement

Written for RDP where Martha asks
โ€œWhatโ€™s one of your greatest achievements?โ€
Hereโ€™s my response. Thanks, Martha!

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Informative, Miscellaneous, Musing

Nobody But You: Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration #309 โ€“
โ€œIโ€™ll Never Find Another Youโ€.
ย Hereโ€™s my response.

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Short Story, Very Short Story

RDP Friday: global

Today at RDP, Martha asks us to get creative
with the word โ€˜globalโ€™. Thanks, Martha!
The prompt took me back to something I
wrote in 2021. Itโ€™s always been a favorite.

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Flash, Mini Story

At What Price?

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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Poem

RDP Wednesday: yield

Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us to get creative
with the word โ€˜yieldโ€™. Thanks, Heather!

I found this poem in a box of mementos;
it was written by me in 1965.
The last stanza was written just now.

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Musical Poetry, Poem

Doloroso e Amoroso

Written for Davidโ€™s Weave Written Weekly #187
where Ange has prompted us to write a piece of
โ€œmusical poetryโ€ inspired by the instrumental
guitar track, โ€œCanciรณn Tristeโ€ by Jesse Cook.
This is my response. Thanks, Ange & David!

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Flash, Mini Story

The Empty Chair

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
encourages us to be creative by writing a story inย 
100 words or less using the photo shown below.
ย Hereโ€™s where the photo prompt took me.

Happy 54th Anniversary, Rochelle & Jan!

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Music Blog

November Air

This week at Glyn Wilton’s Mixed Music Bag,
heโ€™s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month. 
Hereโ€™s my November artist and his song.

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