Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle. Our host is
Brenda Warren; the prompt words for this week are
shown below. Here’s where the prompts took me.
limits, list, still, bill, smoke, ring,
distant, wish, silky, spill, fit, key
Tag: Lovers
The Missus
Written for Fandango’s Story Starter
and TN’s OLWG #411; all the prompts are
shown below. Here’s where they took me.
Longing
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
our prompt words are shown below.
Also for Sadje’s What Do You See –
WDYS – and the featured image.
Here’s where the prompts took me.
blush, foil, gift, gold, hollow, nostalgia,
present, sash, smile, thick, thought, and tray
Summer Surrender: Homage To Barbara Cartland
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week are
shown below. Here’s where the prompts took me.
taste, summer, sweetness, snap, rush, half,
resin, turn, melts, luck, passion, and hand
Searching
Written for dVerse Poets Pub – “ Shhhhhh…..
Quiet, Please!” hosted by Lillian who has
asked us to create a quadrille using the
word “silence”. This is my response.
The Ring
Written for Muse On Monday where David
has asked us to write a story where one
character knows another is lying to them.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
Lonely Fool
Written for Living Poetry where our host,
Bartholomew asks us to write a poem with
the words shown below. Here’s my response.
explain ~ coat ~ lock
Continue reading “Lonely Fool”Hot To The Touch
Written for David’s Weave Written Weekly #196
where Svenja asks us to write a Double Tetractys
poem about a spicy or naughty relationship,
keeping it suggestive rather than explicit.
This is my Double Tetractys. Thanks, Svenja!
RDP Friday: fierce
Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
to get creative with the word “fierce”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.
Lingering
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille
Monday – #227 where our host,
De Jackson, has offered up the
word “smile”. Here is my quadrille.
Salt
Written for Violet’s Literary Quote Challenge
where she asks us to include the following line
into our writing: “Life without sinning was like
food without salt; pure but tasteless.” Here’s my
response to Violet’s Literary Quote Challenge.
Trains, Planes, and Automobiles
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
One if by Land, Two if by Sea, and Three if by Air.
This is my response to the challenge.
The Dream
Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Colour Challenge using the word ‘white’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
RDP Monday: tumultous
Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the words ‘tumultuous’.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.
Like Sugar In Rain
Written for Violet’s Challenge where she has
asked us to include the following quote into
our writing: “One must be very sure of the
bank before one opens an account.”
Here’s my response to the challenge.
My Baby Sent Me A Letter
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Engaging With Music”.
This is my response to the challenge.
Baby Come Back: Thursday Inspiration
Written for Thursday Inspiration #310 –
“Oh Sherrie”. Here’s my response.
Done
Written for dVerse Quadrille #237 – Zero.
Our host, Melissa, from Mom With A Blog,
invites us to create a poem of exactly 44 words
using the word “zero”. This is my quadrille.
RDP Wednesday: yield
Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us to get creative
with the word ‘yield’. 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.
Discarded
Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
encourages us to be creative by writing a story in
100 words or less using the photo shown below.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.
Sweater Weather
Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #22.
Our inspiration word is “smoke”.
I have written a Mirror Cinquain.
Weighing The Odds
Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge, using the term ‘Pros &
Cons’. Here’s were the prompt took me.
Baby Come Back
Written for Thursday Inspiration #300 –
“All Out Of Love” and for RDP FRIDAY!
RETURN! Here’s my contribution.
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.
Here’s my September artist and their song.
On Mulberry Street
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #306.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.
Night Music
Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #16
where our inspiration word is “believe”.
Also written for dVerse Poets MTB:
Cinquains Revisited. 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.
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.
Lover, Come Back!
Sammi asks us to be creative with the word
“umbrella” in exactly 24 words while Gerry &
Sue want us to include the word “burgeoning”.
Maybe this timely image from Mike at OMIMM
will inspire me. Here’s where my thoughts went.
Imitation Of Love: An Etheree
Written for Melissa’s Fandango
Flash Fiction Challenge – #330.
Here’s where the photo took me.
Just This One
In 2017, this was the first story
I wrote for The Elephant’s Trunk.
Rewritten for The Unicorn Challenge where we are encouraged
to write a story in 250 words or less using the photo below
as inspiration. Here’s the memory that was ignited.
The Elephant's Trunk 