Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative Challenge.
I chose Pic #3. Here’s where the image took me.
Tag: Nature
First Thaw: A Tanka
Written for TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge
where Robbie has asked us to write a tanka
using at least one onomatopoeia.
Here’s my response.
Thread By Thread
Written for Missy’s Mad Challenge #087.
The prompt is to write about something fragile
that refuses to break. Here’s where the prompt took me.
Pretty In Pink: A SenHai
Written for SenHai Saturday where our
host Susi asks us to write a senryu and a
haiku using the image shown below as
inspiration. Here’s my response.
Peacock Butterfly: A Shadorma
Recuperating …. see you soon!
Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #081. I chose Pic #4.
Here’s where the image took me.
Vigil: A Haibun
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge
where the word this week is “inchoate”.
Also for RDP Saturday and the word “eggs”.
This is where the prompts took me.
Canyons: SenHai Saturday
Written for SenHai Saturday where our
host Susi asks us to write a senryu and a
haiku using the image shown below as
inspiration. Here’s my response.
RDP Monday: restore
Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the word “restore”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.
Photobomb
Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge #071. I chose Pic #1.
Here’s where the image took me.
Winter Storm
Written for Living Poetry where our host,
Bartholomew, challenges us to write a poem
about a snowstorm. Here’s my response.
Tidal Benediction
Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge #069. I chose Pic #1.
Here’s where the image took me.
RDP Friday: mountain
Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
to get creative with the word ‘mountain’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.
RDP Friday: boreal
Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us to get
creative with the word ‘boreal’. Thanks, Martha!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.
Rising Sea Levels: Friday Faithfuls
Written for the 11/7/25 edition of Friday Faithfuls:
“Rising Sea Levels”. Here’s my response.
RDP Friday: transcendent
Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us
to get creative with the word ‘transcendent’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.
Spider Dance
Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #056. I chose pic #3.
Here’s where the image took me.
Autumn’s Treasure
Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Colour Challenge, using the word ‘orange’.
Here’s were the prompt took me.
Save Me Now
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Impacting Life On Earth”
Here’s how the theme inspired me.
The Rockies: An Acrostic
Punam at RDP SATURDAY asks us to share a
story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc.,
centered on the word ‘mountain’. Here’s my take.
Greenwood, Mississippi
Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #053. I chose pic #2.
Here’s where the image took me.
The Song My Paddle Sings
Written for dVerse Poetics: Dipping Our
Poetic Paddles. Truedessa invites us to travel
around the river’s bend listening for the songs
that our paddle sings. This is my contribution.
Did You Know?
Which bird has the largest wingspan in the world?
Continue reading “Did You Know?”Autumn Breeze
Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge, using the word ‘shimmering’.
Here’s were the prompt word 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.
Transformation
Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #74 and the
photo prompt shown below.
Here’s where the image took me.
When The Storm Rolls In
Written for Esther’s Writing Prompts #80
incorporating the word “strike”, and for the
image from Mark @ Today’s Writing Practice.
Here’s where the prompts led me.
Nature’s Chain
Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge #049. I chose pic #4
Here’s where the image took me.
Rise Up!
Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #15.
Our inspiration word is “thrive”. 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.
Wildred
Written for W3 Prompt #172: Wea’ve Written
Weekly where we’re asked to choose a word
from The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows and
make this word the title of our poem. My word
is ‘wildred’ and here’s where it took me.
New Day
Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #1.
Our inspiration word is “new”.
This in my Cinquain.
The Elephant's Trunk 