Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Jaideep, asks us to write
a Heritage-Tech Fusion poem.
It’s All Greek To Me
Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 44 words using the prompts below.
shock ~ dribble ~ bear ~ ambidextrous
Continue reading “It’s All Greek To Me”Feeling Stronger Every Day
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Harness the Energy”
Leonard Cohen
The Brevity Challenge – Sarah & Rohini
invite us to borrow a six word story and
expand on it or create one of our own.
I created my own and expanded it.
Going In
Deadvlei
Written for SenHai Saturday where our host
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku using
the image shown below as inspiration.
My People
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
this is my story based on facts about the SS Eastland
disaster in the voice of Harry B. Thayer, President
of Western Electric, who chartered the ship
for 2,500 employees and their families
for a company picnic. Thanks, Max!
The Sky Above Dubbo
Written in response to a cool
image I saw on Bushboy’s World.
Thanks for letting me use it, Brian!
Daddy’s Girl
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub
In Stitches
Written for Writing Prompt #123
using the prompt word ‘rich’.
Two Hearts In May
Written for dVerse Poet’s Pub: Open Link Night.
Our host, Mish, invites us to follow our muse
and write a poem inspired by the image below.
The Mark of Zorro
Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers.
What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where Sammi asks us to get creative
in exactly 88 words using the word
‘pristine’ and for Sue & Gerry’s
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge
and the prompt word ‘fastidious’.
Montauk’s Glow
Written for dVerse Poet’s Pub: “My God,
It’s Full of Stars”. Our host, Dora, invites us
to write a poem inspired by stars in the night sky.
Old pilings stand like soldiers in the tide,
their shadows drowned in silver, ever still….
above them, dust of ancient stars collide,
a river bent across the night’s dark hill.
The land behind us hums with amber light,
Montauk’s glow a small and mortal thing,
while overhead, ten billion years take flight
in dust that makes the darkness swell and sing.
I stand there, feeling smaller by the mile,
a speck upon a speck upon a shore,
yet something in that vast and star-thrown aisle
makes me feel closer to it all the more
Alone. The rocks kept watch. The sea stayed low.
The galaxy leaned down to touch the deep….
and for one breath, before I had to go,
I held the whole of heaven, mine to keep.
NAR©2026
This is “Andomeda” by Paul Weller
Everything on The Elephant’s Trunk was created by me, unless otherwise indicated. Thanks for your consideration. NAR©2017-present.
A Hairy Situation
Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “wreck”.
The Explanation
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
town ~ anxiety ~ box ~ half ~ wrong ~ sound
today ~ full ~ bench ~ running ~ message ~ again
Light My Fire
Written for dVerse Poet’s Pub: A Light
Burst of Air. Our host, Lisa, invites us to
write a quadrille using the word “puff”.
Static
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:
voicemails ~ high ~ exhale ~ wind ~ begin ~ unaware
scared ~ glows ~ ghost ~ storm ~ story ~ lotus
La Casa Azzurra
Written for Tanka Tuesday where our host,
Colleen, asks us to write a bussokuseki, a tanka
with an additional 7-syllable line at the end.
Inspired by an image by my amici at Blog 57.
Evening Wheel
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See
Continue reading “Evening Wheel”A Stranger’s Danger
Insomnia
Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 60 words using the prompts below.
insomnia, dare, tambourine, dust, fox, fan
Continue reading “Insomnia”City Girl
Written for Living Poetry where
our inspiration is “Born in the…”
RDP Monday: flank
Written for RDP where segoil asks us
to get creative with the word “flank”.
Thanks, Heather!
Mercy, Delayed
Written for “It’s Story Time” with Jolene.
Our four prompts lines are shown below.
The Delivery
Written for Muse On Monday. Our host,
David, asks us to write a story about
getting a package we didn’t order.
Extraordinary Lies
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Violet, asks us to write a
Golden Shovel poem in which
every line is a lie – except one!
Man, It’s A Hot One: July Birthdays
Written for Song Lyric Sunday
“Mid-Summer State of Mind”
No Surprises
At Great Minds Think – The One Sentence
Explosion Challenge – Sarah & Rohini ask
us to have fun with the following: “Please
tell me you didn’t open the blue envelope.”
Oystercatcher
Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge
and Esther’s Writing Prompt – ‘bank’.
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