This week at Glyn Wiltonโs Mixed Music Bag,
heโs asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.
Hereโs my featured January artist and her song.
Tag: Lovers
Sweet Talker
Written for Estherโs โCan You Tell A Story Inโฆ..?โ
exactly 18 words using the required three words
โresolutionsโ, โcustardโ and โhairdryerโ. I have also
responded to Sue & Gerryโs Weekly Prompts Colour
Challenge (โBlancโ) and used one of the great images
by Kevin at The Beginning At Last/No Theme Thursday.
This is my 18 word story.
A Long Hot Soak
Written for Wordle #679,
using the 12 prompts below.
Here is my story.
sighs ใป fire ใป flip ใป ravaged ใป blue ใป floor ใป
emerge ใป masks ใป ashes ใป soak ใป skin ใป weave
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
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I’ve Given Up: A Dectina Refrain
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #253
Out!
Go on!
Take your stuff
and hit the road.
You are not wanted
around here anymore.
You broke my heart with your lies.
I abhor the feel of your mouth.
My bed is not big enough for three!
Out! Go on! Take your stuff and hit the road.
NARยฉ2024
#WDYS
This is โDonโt Come Around Here No Moreโ by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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In A Groove
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #207 Spin Cycle
Hold my hand, honey
and take me for a spin
Twirl me โround the dance floor
Iโm loving the spin Iโm in
Whisper those sweet nothings, baby
send shivers up my spine
and make my head spin, lover
tonight I’m gonna make you mine
NARยฉ2024
44 Words
This is โThat Old Black Magicโ by Louis Prima and Keely Smith, the Heppest of the Hep!
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The Condo
Written for Six Sentence Story where this week
we are challenged to use the word โfaintโ
in a story of exactly six sentences. Hereโs mine.
After the boating accident, I returned to New York but didnโt have the heart to stay in the condo where Kevin and I used to live; I drove to my parents’ beach house in Amagansett, leaving the apartment untouched, thinking to return one day when I summoned the courage.
Too many memories and sleepless nights at the beach house brought me no comfort or closure …. an impossibility since Kevin’s body was never recovered …. and I now found myself back in Manhattan staring up at the window of my old condo and seeing ghosts โฆ. ghosts of Kevin.
An overwhelming force drew me closer and I slowly entered the building and climbed the stairs to the apartment we once shared. Approaching the door, I could hear faint music, laughter and the sound of familiar voices; a man and a woman were inside, unaware of my presence as I stood outside the door for what seemed a lifetime …. and in that passage of time I knew beyond a doubt who they were.
Blood pounding in my head, I raised my fist to knock on the door, then stepped back.
Resolutely and silently, I walked away.
NARยฉ2024
This is โGhost Behind My Eyesโ by Ozzy Osbourne
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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
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Endless Love – Part 2
Itโs time for Friday Fictioneers Fun with Rochelle! Hereโs something different for you today. I wrote Part 2 to Dale Rogersonโs terrific story, ย Endless Love and piggy backed my story onto hers. Hereโs the link to Daleโs site; please read her story before mine. Thanks to our host Rochelle and my friend Dale for a fun read and a great photo!
Aw, do you love me, Baby?
Oh, Honey, you know I do.
Then come and show me, Baby.
Now, Sugar Cookie, what if I slip and hurt something important?
Iโll give you my very special TLC, Baby.
Really, Sweet Pea? What kind of TLC?
Why, Iโd give you some hugging, Baby.
Then what, Munchkin?
Some squeezing, Baby.
Ooh, then what, Turtle Dove?
Some kissing, Baby.
Oh, Sugar Lips, I do love your hugging and squeezing and kissing.
You coming over tonight, Baby?
Aw, Honey Pie. Itโs freezing outside.
But itโs sizzling in here, Baby.
Mmm, Sweetness! Nothing’s gonna stop me!
This is Mickey and Sylvia with โLover Boyโ
NARยฉ2024
100 Words
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High And Dry
Sammi at Weekend Writing Prompt
is challenging us with the word “note”;
in exactly 72 words, this is my response.
๐ธ
After thirty minutes and two martinis I began feelingย paranoid. It was painfully obvious, at least to me, that everyone who saw me sitting by the bar thought I was either an elegant call girl just past her prime or a lonesome, tedious housewife who had beenย stood up.ย
I became aware of someone approaching. I looked up expectantly, smiling; it was just the concierge. Whispering discreetly, he handed me a note.
NARยฉ2024
72 Words
This is โThe Queen of the Bluesโ, Dinah Washington, with โDrinking Againโ
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As He’d Hoped
Rochelle at Friday Fictioneers
has challenged us to write a 100-word
story prompted by the photo below.
Incorporating prompts from
Weekly Prompts Wednesday and
FOWC with Fandango,
this is my response to Rochelle’s challenge.
How many years does someone need to spend in a loveless marriage before the word divorce is mentioned?
That was Barbaraโs regrettable life. When her husband finally approached her, she didnโt hesitate; she knew she couldnโt love him as heโd hoped.
Their split was swift and formal.
Now Barbara walked out of the Prada shop in Salamanca and, with thrilling expectation, waved when she saw Evelyn across the street.
Their pace quickened and they embraced passionately, unafraid and unashamed to show their love for each other.
They walked off, hand in hand, toward a romantic outdoor cafรฉ.
Happy at last.
NARยฉ2024
100 Words
This is Elbow with โGrounds For Divorceโ
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ALONE TOGETHER
Listen to the waves as they kiss the shore, the rustle of the beachgrass in the gentle breeze. The golden hues of sunrise pirouette gracefully on the terrace and across the bed. The start of another day, as blissful and serene as the one before it. Summertime.
Is that my heart beating deeply or yours? Both, you say. You caress my shoulders. Hold me in your arms as if itโs our first time, our last time. I feel free. I feel ageless. I feel more cherished than any other woman.
You are my one, my soul, my heart. I watch your profile as you gaze out the window, peaceful and content. My fingers curl through the hair on your chest, now grey. That does not matter. Only we matter.
How long have we been alone together? A thousand summertimes, you say. How long will we be alone together? For a thousand more, I reply.
You pull me closer, eyes dancing in the morning light. Let the world go on without us. We are here where we belong โ alone together.
NAR ยฉ 2022
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