Haiku, Poem

RDP Friday: transcendent

Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us
to get creative with the word โ€˜transcendentโ€™.
Thanks, Martha! ย Hereโ€™s my take.

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Mystery, Short Story

Silent Witness

Written for Sadjeโ€™s What Do You See #311.
Hereโ€™s where the photo prompts took me.

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Happy Birthday, Limerick, Poem

Skeleton Boogaloo

Written for Estherโ€™s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #255
. The prompt
word is โ€˜dustโ€™. This is my limerick.

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Micro Story

RDP Monday: frisky

Today at RDP, sgeoil has asked us to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word โ€˜friskyโ€™
. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Short Story

Muted Moments

Written for Muse On Monday,
where the theme is โ€˜lost in a fog’.
Also for Sadjeโ€™s โ€œWhat Do You See?” –
#284
and the two corresponding photo
prompts shown below. This is my story.

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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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Dectina Refrain, Haiku

Come Softly: Dectina Refrain & Haiku

Written for Jimโ€™s Thursday Inspiration #231 –
โ€œCome Softly To Me
โ€. 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
Loveโ€™s 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 โ€œCome Softly To Meโ€  by the Fleetwoods

All text, graphics and videos are copyright for The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephantโ€™s Trunk and The Rhythm Section and are not to be used without permission. NARยฉ2017-present.