Poem

RDP Sunday: sepia

Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us
to get creative with the word β€˜blink’.
Thanks, Doc!  Here’s my take.

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Music Blog

A Few Of My Favorite Things

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
‘Ring On Her Nose’.
This is my response to the challenge.

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Flash, Poem

RDP Saturday: blink

Today at RDP, Punam asks us
to get creative with the word β€˜blink’.
Thanks, Punam! Β Here’s my take.

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Music Blog

November Blue

This week at Glyn Wilton’s Mixed Music Bag,
he’s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month. 
Here’s my November artists and their song.

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Haibun, Poem

Being Sicilian: A Haibun

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#440
where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
97 words using the word β€˜heritage’. 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:
β€˜portal’, β€˜drool’, β€˜slippers’, and β€˜marksman’.
Here’s my flash in exactly 46 words.

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Music Blog

Smile Though Your Heart Is Breaking

Written for Thursday Inspiration #304 –
β€œevil”. Here’s my inspired response.

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Musing, Short Story

RDP Tuesday: pet

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

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Poem, Quadrille

Forever And Ever

Written for dVerse Quadrille #234: A Sparkler
A Day!
Punam invites us to celebrate Diwali
by writing a quadrille including a form of
the word β€œsparkler”. This is my quadrille.

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Music Blog

Time Won’t Let Me

Written for Thursday Inspiration #302 –
β€œRight Place, Wrong Time”
.
Here’s my inspirational response.

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Cinquain, Poem

Unconditional

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #20.
Our inspiration word is β€œparent”. I have
 written a Mirror Cinquain, a 10-line,
single stanza poem with a syllable pattern
of 2 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 2 – 2 – 8 – 6 – 4 – 2.

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Poem, Song

Baby Come Back

Written for Thursday Inspiration #300 –
β€œAll Out Of Love
”
and for RDP FRIDAY!
RETURN!
Here’s my contribution.

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Song

For Linda

Written for RDP Sunday: Turquoise.
Our inspiration is from Punam
who invites us to write about turquoise,
either the color or the stone.

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Poem, Sonnet

Love’s Refrain

Written for Jim Adams’ Thursday Inspiration #299 –
β€œDream A Little Dream Of Me
”
. Here’s my take.

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Short Story

First Light Of Dawn

Written for Muse on Monday where David asks us
to write a story about baking late at night.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Music Blog

See You In September

This week at Glyn Wilton’s Mixed Music Bag,
he’s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.Β 
Here’s my September artist and their song.

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Short Story

Alpine Nights

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #307.
Here’s where the two photo prompts took me.

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Flash

Forever

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #151
– including the word β€˜grow’.
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Miscellaneous

Nowhere Man: State Of Mind

Written in response to 9/12/25 Friday Faithfuls

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Short Story

To Love And Be Loved

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #305.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Mini Story

Hump Day

What are you doing this evening?

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Flash, Mini Story

Date Night With The Ricardos

Written for Esther’s Can You Tell A Story In – #303
in exactly 49 words using these five prompt
words: β€˜rose’, β€˜frazzle’, β€˜medal’, ‘charge’, and β€˜prune’.
In 49 words, here’s where the prompts took me.

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Cinquain, Poem

Night Music

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #16
where our inspiration word is β€œbelieve”.
Also written for dVerse Poets MTB:
Cinquains Revisited
. I have written a
Β Mirror Cinquain, a 10-line, single stanza poem
with a syllable pattern of 2–4–6–8–2–8–6–4–2.

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Short Story

That Old Rockin’ Chair’s Got Me

Written for Mark’s Today’s Writing Practice #9
where we’re given photo and written prompts.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Music Blog

Sealed With A Kiss

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

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Flash, Mini Story

The Boyfriend

Our gracious host, Rochelle, encourages us
to be creative by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt below. This is
Friday Fictioneers. Here’s where the photo took me.

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Music Blog

August: Rilo Kiley

This week at Glyn Wilton’s Mixed Music Bag,
he’s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month. 
Here’s my featured August artist and their song.

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Cinquain, Poem, Uncategorized

Out Of Control

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #14.
Our inspiration word is β€œcontrol”. I have
 written a Mirror Cinquain, a 10-line,
single stanza poem with a syllable pattern
of 2-4-6-8-2-8-6-4-2

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Music Blog

June, July, August

This week at Glyn Wilton’s Mixed Music Bag,
he’s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month. 
Here’s my featured August artist and his song.

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Music Blog

Wouldn’t It Be Nice

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
where we’re writing about a song
that made a great album opener.
Here’s how the theme inspired me.

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