Musing, Short Story, Word Prompt

RDP Thursday: pageant

Written for RDP, where bushboy asks us
 to get creative with the word ‘pageant’.
Thanks, Brian! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Micro Story, Musing

RDP Wednesday: squint

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
 to get creative with the word ‘squint’.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.

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Haiku, Poem

RDP Tuesday: horizon

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
 to get creative with the word ‘horizon’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.

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Musing, Stream of Consciousness, Uncategorized

RDP Monday: bulb

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
 to get creative with the word ‘bulb’.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.

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Haiku, Poem

RDP Sunday: reverie

Written for RDP, where Martha asks
us to get creative with the word ‘reverie’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Micro Story, Musing, Word Challenge

RDP Saturday: clutch

Written for RDP, where Punam asks
us to get creative with the word ‘clutch’.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Challenge

RDP Friday: change

Written for RDP, where Martha Kennedy asks
us to get creative with the word ‘change’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Word Challenge

RDP Thursday: broke

Written for RDP, where leapingtoes asks  
us to get creative with the word ‘broke’.
 Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

RDP Wednesday: thunderstruck

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the word ‘thunderstruck’.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Musing, Word Challenge

RDP Tuesday: achievement

Written for RDP where Martha asks
“What’s one of your greatest achievements?”
Here’s my response. Thanks, Martha!

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Flash, Micro Story

RDP Monday: treat

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the word ‘treat’.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Miscellaneous

RDP Sunday: stirrup

Written for RDP, where drkottaway asks us
to get creative with the word ‘stirrup’.
Thanks, Doc! Here’s my take.

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Poem, Flash, Haiku

RDP Saturday: turbulence

Today at RDP, Punam asks us to get creative
with the word ‘turbulence’. Thanks, Punam!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Short Story, Very Short Story

RDP Friday: global

Today at RDP, Martha asks us to get creative
with the word ‘global’. Thanks, Martha!
The prompt took me back to something I
wrote in 2021. It’s always been a favorite.

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Haiku, Poem

RDP Thursday: discern

Written for RDP where leapingtoes asks us to
get creative with the word “discern”; also for
Crimson’s Creative Challenge #063 and Crispina’s

photo #2. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Poem

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.

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Flash, Haiku, Poem

RDP Tuesday: optimism

Today at RDP, Martha asks us to get creative
with the word ‘optimism’. Thanks, Martha!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Mini Story, Musing

RDP Monday: hullabaloo

Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us to get creative
with the word ‘hullabaloo’. Thanks, Heather!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Flash, Micro Story

RDP Sunday: praise

Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us to get
creative with the word ‘praise’. Thanks, Doc!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Short Story

For What It’s Worth

Written for RDP where Punam’s word of the day
is ‘chimera’ and for Sue and Gerry’s Weekly Prompt –
The One Day Prompt
. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Fantasy, Flash, Haiku, Poem

RDP Friday: zephyr

Today at RDP, Martha Kennesy asks us to get
creative with the word ‘zephyr’. Thanks, Martha!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Musing, Stream of Consciousness

RDP Wednesday: house

Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us to get creative
with the word ‘house’. Thanks, Heather!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Flash, Poem

RDP Tuesday: illusion

Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us to get  
 creative with the word ‘illusion’. Thanks, Martha!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Poem

RDP Monday: multitude

Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us to get creative
 with the word ‘multitude’. Thanks, Heather!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Mini Story

RDP sunday: quit

Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us to get
 creative with the word ‘quit’. Thanks, Doc!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

RDP Saturday: variegated

Today at RDP, Punam asks us to get
 creative with the word ‘variegated’. Thanks, Punam!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Haiku, Poem

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.

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Poem

Two Tables

Today at RDP, bushboy asks us to get
 creative with the word ‘feast’. Thanks, Brian!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Musing

RDP Tuesday: grace

Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us to get
 creative with the word ‘grace’. Thanks, Martha!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Limerick, Poem

RDP Monday: jaunty

Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us to get
 creative with the word ‘jaunty’. Thanks, Heather!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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