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Category: Writing Prompt Thursday

  • 2020 – Haiku

    A sad year has gone, Too many people have died, May they rest in peace.

  • Christmas – Haiku

    A dark cold stable, A Baby is born today, Be a kid again.

  • Winter – Haiku

    When the winds blow strong, And deep snow is on the ground, Our hearts grow warmer.

  • Love – Haiku

    True love is mindless, Like a jacket that just fits, What is true hatred?

  • Writing Prompts Past

    I don’t have any new content today, but I do have this category page.

  • Freedom – Haiku

    There are those who say, We have the right not to wear, Masks if we so choose. Dictators once ruled, Neighbors denouncing neighbors, Hitler Stalin Mao. But Americans, Are free to love and to care, Use that freedom well.

  • Haiku about Fire

    Flames crackle and burn, Keeping us warm in winter, Yet they can kill us.

  • Brain

    Every Thursday, I like to use a writing prompt. Today, I’m using the word “brain,” which popped into my head, so I started thinking about it! I don’t remember who said this or where I read it, but I found it surprising that people used to wonder where our thoughts were. Didn’t we have them […]

  • Food – Haiku

    We all need to eat, Experts tell us what is best, Who knows your body?

  • Words and Haiku

    I don’t have any new content for today, but there’s quite a lot buried somewhere in the archives. Many of them were not written using a writing prompt, but why not check out all my haiku poetry. I love to write about words, and also writing posts about them. Found a gem in my archives? […]

  • Writing

    “Writing” is the writing prompt today. I normally talk about writing fiction, but nonfiction must also be written word by word, thought by thought, letter by letter. Both must then be revised. Nonfiction especially requires profesisonal editing. A typo in a story is annoying to both Writer and Reader, but not the end of the […]

  • Writing Prompts Revisited

    I’ve used writing prompts on a lot of Thursdays. Time flies, and I didn’t manage to write anything for today, so I thought I’d share the Writing Prompt Thursday category page. While you’re browsing and reading those posts, please like, comment, and share them.

  • Name – Haiku

    We all must have one, Or we would not know ourselves, Nameless forgotten.

  • I hate to admit it but

    I seem to be out of prompt ideas for now, so I’d like to share this category page with you. Next Thursday, I’m hoping to be back with something fun.

  • Dungeon

    I’ve been rereading Harry Potter recently, and the word “dungeon” occurs rather frequently. They’re dark and fearsome, but what is a dungeon, exactly? I mean, I’ve never actually been in one. I’m working on a book called “Written in Stone,” a fantasy romance, which involves a dungeon or two, so the word’s going to come […]

  • Category

    “Predictables?” Oh, no, it was “predicables,” but I’m none the wiser. Affirmable attributes leave me baffled, so I’m just going to accept the meaning of “category” that I know: a group of things that share something. (That’s not quite what the dictionary said, but close enough.) To clear my head a little, I think I’ll […]

  • Second – Haiku

    The one-word prompt was “second.” I am not the first, I do not live long at all, I get the last word.

  • Air – Haiku

    Prompt: Air. Take in a deep breath, The people who’ve lived before, Have shared it with you.

  • Words – Haiku

    Words live in our minds, We add new ones throughout life, Faithful friends always.

  • Tomb

    I was working on a book and wrote the word “tombstone.” Then I started to wonder why “tomb” rhymes with “gloom” and doesn’t sound like “Tom.” According to Wiktionary, “tomb” was borrowed from Old French into Middle English, and since I understand neither Middle English spelling nor pronunciation, I don’t know why the o, but […]

  • Tiny

    Somebody used the word “tiny” in a tweet, and it sparked this post. Interestingly, the word “tiny” may relate to the tines of a fork. They are quite small, although I personally wouldn’t call them tiny. I read the definition of “tine,” and discovered, to my surprise, that it can be used as an adjective, […]

  • Three Writing Prompts I Had a Blast with

    Tempo Volume Lousy

  • The Penny, the Dollar, and the Pound

    I’m having some book covers created by David Collins of DC Cover Creations, and I pay in British pounds. I started thinking about the names of various currencies, and what they mean. The penny. Well, pennies are old, and I don’t mean just sort of old. The word has a Proto-Germanic origin and there are […]

  • Ramshackle – Haiku

    Somebody used the word “ramshackle” on Twitter. It’s a fun word, in spite of its not so fun meaning, so here’s a ramshackle haiku. The roof leaks badly, It’s freezing cold in winter, But I was born there.

  • Clock – Haiku

    Tick tick tick tick tick, Students in classrooms waiting, For the bell to ring.

  • House – Haiku

    The writing prompt for this haiku was the first word that popped into my head: “house.” The outside’s not much, Walls and windows roof and doors, The inside is home.

  • Lousy

    It’s interesting how the meaning of words changes over time, but even more so that we don’t often think about the words we use, and where they come from. A remarkably good (or bad) example of this is the word “lousy.” The dictionary definition, or at least the first one, is “remarkably bad,” “poor quality,” […]

  • Find

    I post a haiku on Mondays, but I can never have too many and I like starting them with writing prompts. Prompt (first word that popped into my head): find A computer screen, The mind wishing to know things, Hands on the keyboard.

  • Sober

    It’s almost Friday, so I’m thinking about the opposite of sober. I had no idea where the word “sober” came from, so I looked it up; it’s pretty much Latin for not drunk (“without intoxication.”) Well great! I like to learn something I didn’t already know when I research words for these posts. Maybe I […]

  • New Words

    Lately, I’ve been seeing the word “clickbait.” Is it something I was supposed to bite down on? Since I do a writing prompt on Thursday, “clickbait” will be the word I use. I usually like new words, but sometimes it takes me a while to get used to them. Other times, I never do. For […]

  • Volume

    When looking for a prompt for today’s post, I just picked the first word that popped into my head, which was, “volume.” How much coffee or tea does your cup hold? How loud do you like your music? I like words with multiple meanings. One of the novels I’m working on is about a guy […]

  • Focus

    I like using a prompt on Thursdays, so I headed over to Discovery and found Focus. One suggestion was to talk about a sound, smell, or other stimulus that makes it easier to focus. For me, the stimulus has to be internal. I have to feel that interest, that drive, that get-up-and-go to be able […]

  • Tempo

    Today’s post was inspired by this writing prompt: Tempo . I’ve been thinking about this poem lately, so when I read the section in the above post aimed at poets, I thought of it right away. E. J. Pratt’s “The Lee-Shore” is about the Atlantic Ocean, but while drafting A Letter to the Pacific Ocean […]