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Written for Thursday Inspiration –“I Will Follow Him” For this week’s Thursday Inspiration, Jim Adams asks us to respond to the challenge in any number of ways, including using the prompt word away, by means of the song ‘I Will Follow Him’ by Peggy March, or a foreign language song which later became a hit in English.… Continue reading That’s Amore! -My Thursday Inspiration
Written for RDP where Brian asks usto get creative with the word “cone”. In 1993, The Coneheads movie was released. It was the story of Beldar (Dan Aykroyd) and Prymatt (Jane Curtin), an alien couple with cone-shaped heads from the planet Remulak, mistakenly ditched on earth during a scouting mission for planetary conquest. While here,… Continue reading RDP Thursday: cone
Written for Sadje’s weekly question: What Do You See? Also for Melissa’sFandango Flash Fiction Challenge. A bumblebee climbed out of a crocus, dusted in gold, and shook out her wings. “You’re new,” she said, spotting the cicada perched on the daisy nearby, wings folded like stained glass. “I don’t recognize your buzz.” “Seventeen years underground will… Continue reading Between The Petals
Written for Crispina’sCrimson’s Creative Challenge Three slender giants stand tall in the deep blue bay, Sleek blades spinning gracefully all morning against the moving clouds. spinning They catch the invisible breeze like dancers on a stage, fast through twirling their sleek arms above the gentle coastal grass …. soft winds a quiet, rhythmic performance that… Continue reading The Ocean Dance: A…
Written for dVerse Prosery – LuminousAccountings. Our host, Dora, invites usto write a piece of prose in no more than144 words incorporating the followingline from “King of the River” by StanleyKunitz: “…and the iridescent imageswims through a mirror that flows.” The lake had a way of forgetting things at dusk. She stood at the dock… Continue reading Ashes
Written by my dear friend, Ivor Steven, here is an awesome and inspiring tanka which is guaranteed to lighten your heart and bring joy and hope to your day. Ivor has shared some of my work on his site and it’s a great pleasure for me to return the favor. Check out Ivor’s site, my… Continue reading Universe of Light: A Reblog
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;the prompt words are shown below. dashing ~ morning ~ bed ~ forecast ~ always sighed ~ give ~ neck ~ head ~ warmth ~ laid ~ part Mom dashing in at morning light,Clothes laid out from last night.“Five more minutes,” one sleepyhead sighed,Warmth still calling from the bedside. Check the forecast,… Continue reading First Day Rush
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.Here are Brenda’s prompt words: siren ~ chanting ~ startled ~ pulse ~ sighs ~ nightbasket ~ answers ~ heart ~ shape ~ badge ~ stay Rain hit 43rd Street like bullets ricocheting off a tin roof. My office smelled like an old ashtray, yesterday’s coffee, and discontent. Across the alley… Continue reading Lady In Red: A Dirk Malone Story
Laughing Along With A Limerick.The prompt word is “eyes”. A silly young baker named GuyBaked onions inside a pieWith tears in his eyesHe watched with surpriseAs his pie became lunch for a fly! NAR©2026 This is “Onion Pie” by Touchstone Everything on The Elephant’s Trunk was created by me, unless otherwise indicated, and may not… Continue reading Shoo, Fly!
Written for Tanka Tuesday where our host,Yvette, asks us to write a poem about facingour fears and treading with trepidation. The pamphlet on the kitchen table describes the procedure in careful, impersonal language …. needle, fluoroscope, computer-guided, contrast dye …. words that do nothing to soften the ache already gathering at the base of my… Continue reading Being Still: A Haibun
