Writober 2026 Prompt Post šPost contains Amazon associate links (shown with Aal in parentheses)š¦āā¬Example poems are copied here for educational purposes. Photography prompt: Take a picture of creepy crawlies. I used Halloween plastic bugs(Aal) for this photo.Photography technique: Let a little natural light into a dark room. Flash Fiction prompt: Write a story of anyContinue reading “Creepy Crawlies”
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Mad Science
These are my responses to the Writober Day 2 prompt post Hybrid I was so determined to get that gator head on that woman, I’ve exhausted myself. I thought it would be a simple, practical effect of perspective. It shouldn’t have been that hard. But persistence and determination kept me going, and now I haveContinue reading “Mad Science”
Hybrids
Writober 2026 Prompt Post šPost contains Amazon associate links (shown with Aal in parentheses)š¦āā¬Example poems are copied here for educational purposes. Photography prompt: Take a picture of a hybrid.Photography technique: Combine or overlap/juxtapose two things that wouldn’t usually go together. Flash Fiction prompt: Write a story of any length up to 999 words inspired byContinue reading “Hybrids”
Casper
Writober 2026 Prompt Post š¦āā¬Example poems are copied here for educational purposes. Welcome to day one of Writober! I’m so glad you’re here. This year is all about what makes Halloween fears fun. I’d love to hear what you think is fun about October and the Halloween Season in the comments along with the linksContinue reading “Casper”
This Old House
The last day of September. Oh my. Writober begins tomorrow! I’m excited to get creative, and get into what makes scares fun. A little too excited I guess, because I woke up as the sun rose and grabbed my camera to respond to today’s photography prompt. These are my responses to today’s early-bird prompt postContinue reading “This Old House”
House
Writober 2026 Prompt Post šPost contains Amazon associate links (shown with Aal in parentheses)š¦āā¬Example poems are copied here for educational purposes. Super-excited for Writober to start? Here’s the early-bird prompt. If you think of Writober as a house, this is the Welcome mat. Come on in. Photography prompt: Take a picture of a house. PerhapsContinue reading “House”
The Writober 2026 Calendar
Writober 2026 is almost here. We start this week! Can you believe it? We’ll have an earlybird post on Wednesday. That’s only two days away. Posts will go live at 12:01 am Pacific time each morning. Each year I’ve tried to merge the prompts so that they work together for all three challenges: poetry, photography,Continue reading “The Writober 2026 Calendar”
The Tenth Year of Writober
Writober starts in less than two weeks. I’m finding that hard to believe. I was looking at last year’s announcement post and realized this will be my tenth year of writing daily flash fiction for Writober. I’ve been going through all my old posts removing or fixing dead links, so I’ve taken a good lookContinue reading “The Tenth Year of Writober”
Sound-Evoked Imagery
The Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub was to write a poem to Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” (1936). I listened to the song and explored the imagery it evoked. I think I might be influenced by the Imagists we’re studying in ModPo this week. New Poem Swallowed Whole Marblesāglass God’s eyesādisguised in pastel plasticrollingContinue reading “Sound-Evoked Imagery”
Free Poetry Collection
I’m excited to share that Heron Tree has compiled all of the poems they published for their twelfth year into a free downloadable PDF. Usually the editors suggest an interesting text or two for poets to work from, but for their twelfth year, they requested that poets select a text from before 1930 and useContinue reading “Free Poetry Collection”