Short Story

Flatlining

Not all broken hearts are caused
by love affairs gone wrong;

many are broken before love even starts.
Written for OLWG #422. The prompts are
shown below. This is my story.

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Poem

Wishful Thinking

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #419
using the word ‘delicacy’,
and for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Colour Challenge
using the word ‘blue’.
In exactly 39 words, this is my poem.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Big Day

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration

to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.

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Ovi Poem, Poem

Fly Away: An Ovi

Written for Ovi Poetry Challenge #99.
This week’s inspiration word is
“flight”. Keeping with the year’s
theme of positivity, this is my Ovi.

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Short Story

Evening In Paris

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Haiku, Poem

Pisces Dreams: A Haiku

Written for Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge #11
where our host Colleen challenges us to write a
syllabic poem of our choice featuring our Zodiac
color according to the chart shown below. I am
Pisces and the color chart says my color is pink.

What is your zodiac color?

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Flash, Very Short Story

We’re Here For The Sex

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #414
using the word ‘periwinkle’
in exactly 30 words and for Sue & Gerry’s
Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – ‘pink’.
In exactly 30 words, this is my story.

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Music Blog

April 24, 1981

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 April artist and his song.

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Musing

New Beginnings!

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Flash, Very Short Story

Passion

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #411
using the word ‘fierce’ in
exactly 36 words. This is my story.

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Flash, Very Short Story

From Tiny Seeds

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #133
– ‘kindness’. This is my tiny story.

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Musing, Short Story

Isn’t It A Pity?

It seemed fitting to bring this one back today.

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Short Story

Whisked Away

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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Very Short Story

When It Ends

Written for OLWG #411.
The prompts are shown below.
This is my take.

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Music Blog

April’s Fool

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 April artist and his song.

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Ovi Poem

Passage Of Time ~ An Ovi

Written for Ovi Poetry Challenge #93.
This week’s inspiration word is
“rise”. Keeping with the year’s
theme of positivity, this is my Ovi.

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Story

The Bus Ride

Written for OLWG #410.
The three prompts are shown below.
This is my story.

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Poem, Quadrille

In Golden Light

Written for dVerse Poets: Quadrille #220
‘Engrave Your Name Across My Heart’.
We are asked to write a quadrille using
the word ‘engrave’. This is my
quad.

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Flash

I’m Too Sexy

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #408
using the word ‘heart’.
In 11 words exactly, this is my flash.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Supergirl

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
(‘forward’) and for
Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Wednesday
Challenge
(‘ragged’). This is my response.

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Flash, Short Story

Nancy & Bill In 2045

Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash
Fiction Challenge #312.
Here’s my flash.

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Haibun, Poem

Identical Grief Revisited: A Haibun

Written for dVerse Poets – Fancy
Meeting You At The Pub Today and
Saturday
. We are asked to share any
poem of our choosing. I am sharing
a haibun I wrote almost one year ago.
Since then, our feelings remain unchanged,

except now laughter comes a bit more easily.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Reflections In The Moonlight

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration

to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.

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Ovi Poem

Family Tree

Written for Ovi Poetry Challenge #91.
This week’s inspiration word is
“wisdom”. Keeping with the year’s
theme of positivity, this is my Ovi.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Happy Together

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #405
using the word “gallant”. In 27 words, this is my story.

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Short Story

The Facade

Written for OLWG #406.
The three prompts are shown below.
Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction;
it is not about me and my husband.
The only parallel is the death of my
husband’s identical twin on April 2, 2024.
This is a look at what might have been.

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Poem, Tanka

Putting The World On Pause

Written today for Eugi’s Moonwashed Weekly Prompt.
The theme I’ve chosen is ‘simplicity summoned’.

This is my tanka.

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Music Blog

Colder Than A February Morn

This week at Glyn’s Mixed Mixed Music Bag 2025,
Week #7
, he’s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month. 
Here’s my featured February artist and his song.

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Music Blog

Til Valentine’s Day

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 February artists and their song.

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Short Story

Words Of Love

Written for OLWG #404. The three prompts
for this week are shown below. This my story.

This is a work of fiction, not a political statement.

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