Please visit the link for the original challenge, https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/2021/04/18/wordle-499/ The Words: My Submission 🙂 You needn’t twist my arm to prowl the forest once the sun has set. These days, the idea of beauty drifts like a virus; false trophies, displayed on excessively reworked hearths. Beauty does not require a powder-puff, false eyelashes, or filters. It... Continue Reading →
First Line Friday, Mar 26/2021 – Never Me
The line: "People see what makes sense to them, reality notwithstanding." To participate, please visit, https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/03/26/first-line-friday-march-26-2021/ My Submission 🙂 People see what makes sense to them, reality notwithstanding. Blinders and filters, skewing fact and truth. He left me, but I cheated because he wasn’t emotionally available. I failed that class because my teacher hated me.... Continue Reading →
Wordle #495 – Last Ditch Effort
For the original challenge, please visit, https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/2021/03/20/wordle-495/ The Words: My Submission: How do we reconcile this? You act like an entitled child, stuck in a perpetual state of denial. You ask me to run miles, then stab my heart when you don’t reciprocate. It takes two people for a relationship to shine. Are you frightened... Continue Reading →
Reena’s Xploration Challenge #177 – Who am I?
Time for a photo prompt! My submission is based on the photo (my cover) offered by Reena, https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2021/03/18/reenas-xploration-challenge-177/ My Submission 🙂 Sister, Employee, Daughter, Friend. Confidant, Cousin...my titles don’t end. What I am to one, I’m not to another. A stranger to most, but my kids call me, Mother. I’m that annoying person, counting her... Continue Reading →
Friday Fictioneers Mar 19, 2021 – Trapped Within the Tree
For the original challenge, please visit Rochelle at, https://rochellewisoff.com/2021/03/17/19-march-2021/ My Submission, 80 words 🙂 What resides in a melted tree? Me. Only me. Its trunk was once solid and strong, But then a strange fire came along. Azure flames, not a single spark. I snuck inside, into the dark. The trunk began to splinter and... Continue Reading →
MLMM Tale Weaver #318 – Attention Deficit
This week's word prompt: BOOKWORM The interpretation is entirely up to you! For the original challenge, please visit, https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/03/11/tale-weaver-318-bookworm-11march/ My Submission 🙂 The life of a bookworm feels incomplete. I nibble a segment here, Munch a line or two there, Weave in and out, Consuming only the gist. Sometimes, I wish I had the attention... Continue Reading →
MLMM Photo Challenge #356 – Burdened
The Challenge: Use the image (my cover) as inspiration for a poem or short story. Alternatively, if you are an artist or photographer, use this as an opportunity to showcase your own work. Please visit Nekneeraj for the original challenge, https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/03/02/photo-challenge-356/ My Submission: The weight of the world does not reside on my shoulders. It’s... Continue Reading →
Wordle #229 – Fare Well
To participate, please visit, https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/03/01/wordle-229/ The Words: Stellar, Plaintiff, Breach, Animal, Color, Round, Dress, Grip, Flee, Teenager, Sunny, Books My Submission: She whipped her head round, baring her teeth as she tried to flee, but he was relentless. He had her snagged by the neck and wasn’t about to let go, no matter what she... Continue Reading →
Lynn’s Tuesday Picture Prompt #37 – Never Good Enough
THE CREATIVE GOAL: What does the picture evoke? What emotion, feeling, memory...what does it arouse in YOU? The cover photo is the prompt, and the original challenge is offered by, https://justabitfurther.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/lynns-tuesday-picture-prompt-week-37/ My Submission: There she was, in the window, staring at me as I tidied the garden. She did not look pleased. She never did. Twice a... Continue Reading →
Weekend Writing Prompt #197 – Superficial Romance
A word prompt to get your creativity flowing this weekend! How you use the prompt is up to you. Write a piece of flash fiction, a poem, a chapter for your novel…anything you like.  If you want to share what you come up with, please leave a link to it in the comments, https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2021/02/20/weekend-writing-prompt-197-call/ My... Continue Reading →