She sat in the chair, just staring off into space. It wasn’t the first time, in fact it was becoming an everyday thing! She would be working at her writing, hoping for another chapter for her publisher, and then what? She would wake up staring at nothing. She was encouraged by her friend to see a doctor, but Susan was not ready to hear what might be wrong. She needed time, time to finish her memoirs.
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Fandango’s Story Starter #217
This week let’s write an excuse poem. Whether justifying your own poor choices or attempting to explain the actions of another, describe the extenuating circumstances and mitigating evidence, real or hypothesized, anything to shift the blame. You have no excuse for not posting a poem in the comments below.
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Monday Poetry Prompt: Excuse
autumn leaves falling
our forest treks remembered
sisters hand in hand
crunching leaves under our feet
such a friendly warming sound
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TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 29, Memories, 09/09/25
Even Sparky doesn’t believe Trump’s rant – “they’re eating the dogs!”.
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What do you see # 305- 8th, September-2025
Joe hated days having to weigh
Coach never looked the other way
He was up two pounds
Missed the lightweight rounds
Went home eating rest of the day.
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Laughing Along With A Limerick
Share Your World: 8th September
I’ve never had a lack of temper, probably threw a few tantrums as a toddler. The frustration level in a child is a mix of fear, confusion, and worry. As a mother of toddlers, it’s hard to understand how little, not finally formed brains work. Moms want a lasting, close relationship with their children, but other experiences, even of the parents themselves, can determine the outcome. There is a fine line between love and discipline, difficult for a new mother to walk.
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MLMM Monday Wordle #441
A bit much, said with a grin
Though you look lovely, touching her chin
Everyone will see what a beauty you are
They’ll be coming from near and far
She twirled around with her ruffles lifted
And he could see she was indeed gifted.
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Quadrille #231: Making Much of Poems
“It takes a lot of planning and even courtesy to have a wedding come off with no screwups”, Julie’s dad joked. “There’s no real logic involved. If it were, you and Joe would save money by going to a justice of the peace and saving your cash for a nice honeymoon. Right, Matilda?” His wife just rolled her eyes.
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Three Things Challenge #MM175
“I yield to the senator in the back!” The senator in the front stated this loudly, as the room seemed to erupt at his speechifying. The congress had gotten out of control and everyone was talking at once. No matter how frequent the gavel banging was, people just kept yelling. The senator said, “At this rate, nothing is going to be accomplished!”
His fellow frustrated congresswoman just said “Oh, just shut up!”
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Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!
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