Tag Archives: written from words

Jam

Posted on September 13, 2017 by

Written for:  The Twiglets – “pot of jam” scent of orange drifts from a white china pot chunky marmalade a pot of jam a basket of warm scones for breakfast he is in a jam rushes to open windows for … Continue reading →

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The Boy

Posted on September 7, 2017 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Live Toads – Words Count with Mama Zen Your Assignment: Chose three words from the above list and compose a little bit of brilliance of sixty words or less. Bonus points if you title your … Continue reading →

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In Simpler Times

Posted on August 14, 2017 by

Written for Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Weekend Mini-Challenge:  “Out of Your Own Words”  (imagined by Magaly Guerrero) Grandma loved wearing red nail polish, fanning out her fingers in admiration. In her bedroom, silver brushes and combs adorned her … Continue reading →

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The Prisoner of Grace

Posted on March 3, 2017 by

Written for Quickly Below are some random book titles. Avoiding any that are familiar, pick one or two that appeal to you, jiggle your curiosity, or send you off onto a tangent. Maybe you want to rewrite one of the … Continue reading →

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Drinking In A Bikini

Posted on February 15, 2017 by

Written for:  The Twiglets – #11, with a string A girl in a string bikini whose favorite drink was a Bellini had too much one night got into a fight and now she drinks only martinis https://thetwiglets.wordpress.com/

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Howling in the Street

Posted on February 4, 2017 by

Written for:  Quickly’s Thursday “Too Much of a Good Thing” How do you know when to quit? How do you learn? We are choosing a prompt from a listing. My choice is:  She was howling. Animal shriek.  Wolf loose in … Continue reading →

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The Plant

Posted on January 16, 2017 by

Written for:  Quickly #15 – Make use of: your favorite toy someone who lived before 1800 a plant with thorns   Thinks he keeps his thorns well hidden. What a shock it will be. They all know that he’s a plant. … Continue reading →

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The Old Cabin

Posted on December 11, 2016 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads:  Poetry & Fiction with Magaly, Snow Birthed Tales If you choose Poetry – please write 13 lines or fewer – use one (or all) of these words: snow, cabin, ice Covered in layers … Continue reading →

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A Lune (Jack Collom)*

Posted on November 18, 2016 by

Written for:  Poetic Asides November 2016 Chapbook Challenge-Day 18 Write a poem using the following six words:  band, logic, pack, web, froth, clean spider’s logical web cleanly outlined in gleaming bands snow pack froth *A Jack Collon lune consists of … Continue reading →

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Of Different Minds

Posted on April 8, 2016 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Get Listed!  Compound Word Edition The word challenge for our month of April Madness is to use compound words in constructive and imaginative ways. Follow the link below to a site which … Continue reading →

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