Our gracious host, Rochelle, encourages us
to be creative by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt below. This is
Friday Fictioneers and here’s where the photo took me.
Tag: Non-fiction
Pops
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #228. Our host
Mish asks us β just for the halibut β to write a quadrille
using the word βfishβ in any configuration. Recalling
the many stories about my husband and his identical
twin fishing with their Pops, this is my quadrille.
Did You Know?
Written for Sadjeβs What Do You See #297.
This is where my imagination took me.
Divine Intervention
Written for Crispinaβs Crimsonβs
Creative Challenge #041. I chose pic #3.
This is where the image took me.
Did You Know?
Agrigento
Written for Crispinaβs Crimsonβs
Creative Challenge #040, using pic #1.
This is where the image took me.
Grandma Rose: Brioschi
Written for Sammiβs Weekend Writing
Prompt #420 using the word βfizzleβ.
In exactly 62 words, this is my take.
Suspended Animation
This is The Unicorn Challenge where we are
encouraged to write a story in 250 words or
less using the photo below as inspiration.
I used a story of mine from 2019 which I
remembered the minute I saw the image.
In Vino Veritas
Written for The Unicorn Challenge
where we are encouraged to write a
story in 250 words or less using this
photo as inspiration. Here is my story.
The Tiniest Of Creatures
Written for The Unicorn Challenge
where we are encouraged to write a
story in 250 words or less using this
photo as inspiration. Here is my story.
Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes
Written for the April 27 edition
of Jim Adamsβ Song Lyric Sunday.
Hereβs what I have to say.
Share Your World – 4.15.25
Written for Share Your World
where Di is asking us a few
questions. Here are the Q&As:
I’d Be Lost Without It!
Written for Friday Faithfuls
where the theme is βGetting
More Out Of Your Phoneβ.
The Bus Ride
Written for OLWG #410.
The three prompts are shown below.
This is my story.
Share Your World
Di at pensitivity101 is asking us
to share our world by answering
a few questions. I can do that!
Here are her questions ~
Identical Grief Revisited: A Haibun
Written for dVerse Poets β 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.
Live From New York
Written for Jimβs Thursday Inspiration #272 –
βPeople Get Readyβ.
Our inspiration is βticketβ. Hereβs my spin on things.
Town With No Cheer
This week at Glyn Wiltonβs Mixed Music Bag,
heβs asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.
Hereβs my featured March artist and his song.
Get Off My Phone!
Written for Friday Faithfuls
theme βSuggestionsβ
Breaking News
Written for dVerse Poets Pub
Complaint, A Poem of Lament
This is my Clerihew
The Last Violin
Written for Sue & Gerryβs Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge (important) and for
Gerry & Sueβs Weekly Prompts Wednesday
Challenge (fragile). This is my response,
originally written in 2017, my 1st year blogging.
911
Written for Sammiβs Weekend Writing Prompt #406
using the word βdecisiveβ. In 39 words, this is my flash.
Tuesday’s Child: A Waltmarie
Written for dVerse Poets Meet At the Bar:
The Poetry of Names. Just last week
the theme at Song Lyric Sunday was
songs that feature our names.
This is my Waltmarie.*
To Tell The Truth
Written for Kymberβs Get To Know You #55.
What Are Two Truths And A Lie?
Hereβs my response.
Electra Glide In Blue
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille Monday.
The prompt word is βindigoβ; this is my quadrille.
Bug Off!
Written for John Holtonβs Writerβs Workshop
for the week of February 13-20 in response
to his prompt: Tell us about an encounter
with a bee or wasp (or hornet). Hereβs my story.
Boxful Of Memories
Written for Estherβs Writing Prompts #50
where the prompt word is βphotographsβ.
This is my family’s true story.
Don’t Look Away
Shweta is our host for the
Saturday Six Word Challenge (6WSP) #122.
This weekβs prompt word is βstruggleβ.
Here is my 6 word flash.
My Dad’s Lesson: Dectina Refrain
When my father emigrated to the US
from Sicily, he was given advice that
changed his life. With that in mind,
this is my response to dVerse Poetics:
For the Love of the Broadsheet.
I have chosen a Dectina Refrain.
The Raffle
Written for Sammiβs Weekend Writing Prompt #398,
incorporating the word βwinnerβ and for Sue & Gerryβs
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge using the prompt
word βblanketβ. In exactly 95 words, this is my story.
The Elephant's Trunk 