The Bag Lady

Joe turning over a new leaf

Decided to change his small briefs

New ones were too loose

Things fell to his shoes

Though rude, gave Joe needed relief.

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Laughing Along With A Limerick

Joe stopped for his signature coffee drink at Starbucks that gave him a false robust feeling, like being a new man. Joe thought stopping at the surplus store a good idea to be ready for a Halloween costume. It was tradition, and last year he even won the costume contest. He wore an oversized backwards pants set of jeans and a plumbers helper tied to the front of his shirt. Joe and Mike were life partners and honesty about their relationship caused a sting at first from teammates, but they soon realized Joe and Mike still had the metal to serve the community as firefighters.

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MLMM Monday Wordle #500

Ghosts may lurk around my home, all the people I have known, but stay away unfriendly spheres, I am very happy here. Halloween used to be much fun with children and grandchildren. Now the atmosphere has changed.

moonlight rules

shadows rising scare

children flee

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Haibun Monday 10-26-26: Hunter’s Moon/Halloween

I’ll take the lash, the prisoner said

Didn’t want them to lop off his head

Luck had it his skin was leathery tough

The whip couldn’t break it, too rough

The prisoner’s luck then ran out

They took off his shoes and his feet lost out.

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This is a sorry excuse for response🙄😵‍💫🎃

Who would have thought that you could stick a coffee filter on a camp light and the specter hidden in the haunted cave that preys on surfers would scare it? Even in the forest he tries to frighten the kids, doing his head spin and fly around trees causing havoc, but they know he brews monster actions just to have the beach to himself. Cutting holes to make a face in the white paper, the kids perched it on the lamp. The scary glow did the trick!

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Wordle 780

dark hard floor

crushed by saltwater

awaits waves

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muted tones

meld the soft and bold

sea features

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SenHai Saturday #40

I wish there was a surge,

where all constituents merge,

save the country, even save themselves.

If it happened it would serve

them all and justice preserved.

Now we’re all so divided,

ideas constantly collided,

with violence

and never silenced,

hatred and our beloved country baited.

Other factions see our failure

to reign in the behavior

of a crazy man

doing what he can

and they make a plan.

Start a war for no apparent reason,

congress ignores this treason,

and the other factions reign.

Why can’t we see what is so plain?

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Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Prompt Word!

It’s already here, the bedlam you mention
All of the newscasters call your attention
To the mindboggling actions of dear sir
I don’t even think the scent of myrrh
Poured over them all – the administration
Which used to be a sane institution
But now it’s bedlam, I’m sure you agree
Might we should leave, but where to flee?
I doubt other countries are willing to greet
People who can’t stand on their own feet.

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Weekend Writing Prompt #491 – Bedlam

It’s fallish here

Winds starting

Cloudy skies

Paler sunset hues

Waiting for snow

Then windyish and snow!

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The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS October 24, 2026

Stirring, stirring

This god awful brew

The cauldron old

The recipe new

Since I made the commitment

It’ll have to do

Witches are busy this time of year

So I said I’d be happy to cook it right here

That was a mistake as I can see now

Even the cats are starting to yowl

The mixture’s too thick, getting hard to stir

I should have used hogs’ breath instead of myrrh

Finally, its now a feast for the eyes

“Green and perfect”, my curdling cries

The witch coven will think I’m neat.

As I serve them this Halloween treat.

October Writing Prompts

October Writing Prompts

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Fandango’s Flashback Friday — October 23