dVerse – Prosery

Hi, Merril is the host for the Prosery, where the task is to write a piece of prose no longer than 144 words in total. It must include the given poetry line, which is: “In space in time I sit thousands of feet above the sea”, from May Sarton’s, “Meditation in Sunlight”, word for word,

Friday Fictioneers

Hi, this week Rochelle has shared the interesting photo prompt above from Jennifer Pendergast, https://rochellewisoff.com/2023/03/08/10-march-2023/. As usual we are asked to write a piece of flash in 100 words inspired by the image. Here is my tale (I hope Jennifer doesn’t mind me snipping her photo!) 🙂

W3

Hi, and Happy St David’s Day Selma is POW for David’s W3 https://skepticskaddish.com/category/poetry/poetry-prompt/ following her great Haibun last week. Selma’s guidelines are to write a ‘prose poem’ in the form of a news article you wish would come out tomorrow. The format for the ‘prose poem’ will be like a breaking good news story that

Friday Fictioneers

Hi, its Friday once more and time for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers – https://rochellewisoff.com/2022/12/14/16-december-2022/ the inspiration for my piece below is from the fun photo above by Lisa Fox, I had great fun with this :). Here is my flash entitled ‘Bluey’s Heroes’ in 100 words. https://ko-fi.com/aj335577

Friday Fictioneers

Hi, well it’s the first Friday in December – where has the year gone? The great photo prompt above for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers – https://rochellewisoff.com/2022/11/30/2-december-2022/ is from Roger Bultot. Here is my piece of flash in 100 words entitled ‘The Wait’, thanks for looking:) https://ko-fi.com/aj335577

dVerse Raspberry Poetics

Hi at dVerse Lillian is inviting us to look at the Golden Raspberry Awards and has given a selection of 13 film titles to use one or more in our poem, https://dversepoets.com/2022/11/08/first-your-assistance-and-then-a-razzie-or-two/ I like a challenge so have attempted to write my piece to include all 13 – so here goes 🙂 https://ko-fi.com/aj335577

D’Verse

Hi Björn is hosting this week’s Meeting the Bar at the dVerse Poets Pub, with an aphorism prompt, (a statement that contains a truth revealed in a concise manner often they come with a pinch of humour). Björn’s challenge (see link https://dversepoets.com/2022/09/08/meet-the-bar-with-aphorisms/ ) is to formulate our own aphorisms or take an existing aphorism and

W3

Hello ‘Weavers’, a W3 prompt hosted by David (see link below), this week Britta has been selected as POW with her beautiful poem entitled ‘‘Boots on the ground”. Britta guidelines are to write a prose poem inspired by the theme of ‘love’. It has been a good few years since I have tried prose poetry

Friday Fictioneers

Its Friday and time for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers – the inspiration for the flash fiction is a photo from Rochelle herself, you can see the full version on the link below. My piece of 100 words is entitled, ‘Coffee Date’, thanks for reading:

Friday Fictioneers

Its Friday already and another Bank Holiday here in the UK, also time for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers – the inspiration for the flash fiction is a photo from Lisa Fox, you can see the full version on the link below. My piece of 100 words is entitled, “Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast”,