Mini Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

December 10, 1977

Written for Missy’s Mad Challenge #086.
The prompt appears below. Here’s my take.

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Haibun, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

March Madness: Day Of The Lepus

Written for dVerse Poets Haibun Monday:
Mad March Hare. Our host is Frank Tassone
and this is my haibun response.

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Phrase Prompt, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Scene We Never Shot

Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #239 –
“It started with a chance meeting on a film-set” –
and for Missy’s MAD Challenge #085 where the theme is
“A memory you’ve never had suddenly becomes
vivid and real”.  Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Music Blog, Song, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Satisfaction

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
“The Psychic Apparatus”
This is my response to the challenge.

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Short Story, Song, Theme Prompt, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Fool’s Almanac: A Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration #325 –
“Evil Ways”. Here’s my response.

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Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Last Night

Written for Muse On Monday where David
has asked us to write a story about someone
who is afraid to go to sleep. Here’s my take.

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Cameo, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

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!

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Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Sunday Gravy

Written for Poetics Tuesday: Comfort Food,
hosted  by our friend, Punam, who asks us
to write a poem focusing on food. This is
my response, dedicated to my mother.

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Flash, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Waiting Room

Written for “It’s Story Time” where
Jolene has given us four prompts to
work with plus this time, a wild card!
The prompts are shown below; here’s my story.

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Ode, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Queen Fluffy

Written for Living Poetry where our host,
Bartholomew, asks us to write an

obsequious poem. Here’s my take.

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Poetry, Quadrille, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Searching

Written for dVerse Poets Pub – “ Shhhhhh…..
Quiet, Please!” hosted  by Lillian who has
asked us to create a quadrille using the
word “silence”.  This is my response.

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Informative, Music Blog, Song, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Let’s Go Get Stoned

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
“Making Informed Choices About Substances Matters”.
This is my response to the challenge.

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Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Ring

Written for Muse On Monday where David
has asked us to write a story where one
character knows another is lying to them.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Free Verse, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Keeper Of Delusions

Written for David’s Wea’ve Written Weekly
where our PoW Dennis asks us to write a
poem in which we are a lighthouse.
Thanks for the prompt, Dennis & David!

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Short Story, Song, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Tide Doesn’t Wait

Written for Thursday Inspiration #324 –
“Gentle On My Mind”. Here’s my response.

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Prose, Prosery, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Quietly

Written for dVerse Prosery – “Winter Lull” – hosted by
Merril who has asked us to write a 144-word

piece of prose, including the poetic verse
shown below. This is my response.

 “It all belies our existence; we wait, and are still denied.”
from Winter-Lull” by D.H. Lawrence

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Informative, Music Blog, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Rainy Day Blues or Here Comes The Sun

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
“How’s The Weather”
This is my response to the challenge.

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Mystery, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Married To The Mob

Written for “It’s Story Time” where
Jolene has given us four prompts to
work with. They are shown below.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Short Story, Flash, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

For Nina

Written for Muse On Monday where David
has asked us to write a story about being
stuck in traffic. Here’s my response.

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Literary Quote, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Possession

Written for Violet’s Literary Quote Challenge
where she asks us to include the following line
into our writing: “A fire can’t burn forever.
Eventually, it consumes itself” from “My
Sister’s Keeper” by Jodi Picoult. Here’s my take.

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Photo Prompt, Phrase Prompt, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Grafton

Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #237.
The image I used is courtesy of  Brian Dodd at
Bushboys World. Please check out his amazing
site. Here’s my story with Fan’s prompt line.

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Poetry, Shadorma, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

On Mute: A Shadorma

Written for David’s W3 Prompt #202: Wea’ve Written Weekly

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Poetry, Quadrille, Theme Prompt, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Small Watchfulness

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille Monday
“Bird is the Word”. Our host, De Jackson,
has offered up the word “bird”.
Here is my quadrille.

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Music Blog, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Not The Stones But Like A Rolling Stone

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
“Attention Grabbers”
This is my response to the challenge.

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Flash, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Jury

Written for Muse on Monday where David
has asked us to write a story about giving
someone bad news. Here’s my take.

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Adventure, Mystery, Scary Story, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Curse Of The Wrappings

Written in response to Friday Faithfuls:
“King Tut”. Here’s my take.

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Mystery, Photo Prompt, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Ruelle Chagouamigon

Written for Sadje’s “What Do You See” and for
Missy’s Mad Challenge where the prompt is to

write a story about two strangers who share a
moment that neither will ever speak of again.
Also for Violet’s Literary Challenge where she asks
us to include the following line into our writing:
“After what we have seen, we can never be who we were”

by Gemma Liviero. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Echo Poem, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Her Greatest Gift

Written for David’s Weave Written Weekly
where O’Nika asks us to write an echo
poem* about a significant “first” in life.
Thanks for the prompt, O’Nika & David!

I have chosen to write about a first grandchild.

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Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

One More Hand

Written for dVerse ~ Poets Pub: Turn of Phrase
hosted by Melissa who has asked us to write a poem of
any style or format, made up of phrases. This is my response.

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Flash, Mini Story, Phrase Prompt, Theme Prompt, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Last Straw

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts –
The One Day Prompt
and for Sammi’s
Weekend Writing Prompt where we’re asked to
get creative in exactly 100 words using the prompt
word ‘defenestration’. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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