Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“National Beach Day”
Tag: Summer
Between The Petals
Written for Sadje’s weekly question:
What Do You See? Also for Melissa’s
Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge.
Reflections On An August Afternoon: American Cinquain
Written for Living Poetry. Our host, Bart,
asks us to write a poem based on
the distractions of August.
RDP Saturday: bungalow
Written for RDP where we’re asked to
get creative with the word “bungalow”.
Stalled: A Triolet
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Selma, challenges us
to write a summertime triolet.
Backyard Buzz
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:
home ~ world ~ denied ~ bees ~ pleas ~ forgotten
folklore ~ wonder ~ strum ~ fallow ~ sigh ~ sky
Lemonade Stand: American Cinquain
The image shown below is
our Living Poetry inspiration.
RDP Tuesday: Summer Memories
Today at RDP, Martha asks us
to share summer memories.
Manhattanhenge: June 2026
Written for dVerse Haibun Monday 6/22/26:
First Solstice, hosted by Frank Tassone
To Beach Or Not To Beach
Written for Living Poetry where
we’re asked to write a beach poem.
Blues in the Night: A Daisy Chain
Written for Bartholomew’s Living Poetry
where we are asked to write a poem using
the words ‘black’, ‘govern’, and ‘solstice’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
Montauk: At the Edge of Everything
Written for Tanka Tuesday where Yvette
asks us to write a syllabic poem based on the theme
“It’s Vacation Time!” This is my shadorma.
Summer at Lake Chelan
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
My haiku is based on Jill’s image.
Heated Hallucinations
Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge. Here’s where the prompts took me.
Montauk: A Cameo Poem
Written for David’s Wea’ve Written Weekly
where our PoW, the lovely Lesley, asks us to
write a Cameo poem – a tiny distilled moment.
Thanks for the prompt, Lesley & David!
Those Were The Days
Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers.
This is where the prompt took me.
RDP Sunday: snowflake
Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us to get
creative with the word ‘snowflake’. Thanks, Doc!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.
RDP Saturday: terror
Today at RDP, Punam asks us to get
creative with the word ‘terror’. Thanks, Punam!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.
RDP Thursday: kindred
Today at RDP, we are asked to share a
story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc.,
focusing on the word ‘kindred’. Here’s my take.
See You In September
This week at Glyn Wilton’s Mixed Music Bag,
he’s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.
Here’s my September artist and their song.
Autumn Breeze
Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge, using the word ‘shimmering’.
Here’s were the prompt word took me.
Sealed With A Kiss
This week at Glyn Wilton’s Mixed Music Bag,
he’s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.
Here’s my September artist and his song.
August: Rilo Kiley
This week at Glyn Wilton’s Mixed Music Bag,
he’s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.
Here’s my featured August artist and their song.
Summer Pandemic
This week at Glyn Wilton’s Mixed Music Bag,
he’s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.
Here’s my final artist for July and his song.
Damn! It’s Hot
Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six
Word Story Prompt #144 – ‘fun’.
Here’s where my thoughts took me.
Wildflowers: An Etheree
Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge #036.
I have chosen photo #3.
This is my etheree.
Summer Fling
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #404
using the word “tarnish”. In 55 words, this is my flash.
Messin’ With My Frozen Zone
Written for dVerse Poets
Quadrille Monday – #216
where today’s prompt word
is “hint”. Here is my quadrille.
For The Right Price
Written for OLWG #397.
Our three prompts appear below.
This is my flash.
Crop Invaders: A Haibun
Written for Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge and
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge where the
required words are “wrong” and “hoarding”. This is my haibun.
The exact year escapes me but it was a long time ago, to be sure. It was the summer we returned from vacation to find our tomatoes had ripened into gorgeous red orbs ready for eating. I could practically smell that grassy-green, spicy-sweet summery aroma. But something seemed wrong, off somehow. I felt like I was not alone in my garden, like I was being watched. Taking a closer look, I discovered disturbingly large caterpillars feasting on our lovely harvest. The bloated green creatures blended in so well with the underside of the leaves, it took a few seconds to register why our crop was full of gaping holes. Probing, boring, ravaging, gorging, hoarding. No tomato was salvaged that summer. Not one. That was the year I stopped planting tomatoes.
garden interlopers
devastation
signaling summer’s end
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This is “End of Summer” featuring Katie Melua and L.U.C. from The Peasants soundtrack
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