29 Nov 2017
by Ritu
in #Writespiration, Fiction, Sonu Singh, Thoughts Opinions & Memories
Tags: #Writespiration, 4 prompt words, 52 Word Challenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Flash Fiction, Sacha Black, Sacha De Black
Sacha’s #Writespiration prompt this week:
Your challenge is to write your story using the weekly theme/prompt and write it in just 52 words…. EXACTLY, no more, no less.

This week I want you to write a story including these words:
jugs, bamboo, nostril and frozen.
Sitting under the shade of the bamboo tree, Becca coolly sipped her near-empty drink.
She looked up and saw the most handsome waiter with jugs of cocktails for her. As she raised her glass to drink, the straw went up her nostril.
Frozen with embarrassment, she looked at him then reddened.
“Oops!”
http://sachablack.co.uk/2017/11/29/writespiration-143-52-weeks-in-52-words-week-48/
28 Nov 2017
by Ritu
in #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, Challenges, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories
Tags: #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, #MicroPoetry, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Haiku, Meander & Plenty, Senryu, Synonyms
It’s the last Tuesday of the month of November, so the last of Colleen’s Synonym challenges!
This week she left us with:
I found this pretty tough, to be honest! Really wanted to use the actual words!!!

But here’s a haiku ( used artistic license to add a syllable to the last line (naughty me!)

Image from Pixabay
Gallivanting in
Forests strewn with fallen leaves
Cornucopia of joy
Ritu 2017
And a Senryu

Image from Pixabay
A plethora of
Choice will sometimes encourage
Those pure hearts to stray
Ritu 2017
28 Nov 2017
by Ritu
in #ronovansweeklyhaikuchallenge, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories
Tags: #MicroPoetry, #ronovansweeklyhaikuchallenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Haiku, Ronovanwrites, Senryu, Strong & Heart
Lovely Ron’s prompt this week:

My haiku this week!

Image from Pixabay
Old oak so strong with
Branches to house and protect
Heart of the forest
Ritu 2017
And a Senryu (ish!)

Image from Pixabay
Look over the edge
Only the strong-willed succeed
My heart in my mouth!
Ritu 2017
23 Nov 2017
by Ritu
in #WritePhoto, Fiction, Thoughts Opinions & Memories
Tags: #WritePhoto, Barbie and Ken, Bleak, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Fiction, Photo Prompt
Sue’s #WritePhoto Prompt this week:

I thought I’d continue the adventures of Barbie and Ken! Will he ever learn???
“Babe,” Ken got down on one knee, “will you…?”
He reached down into his pocket, fumbling for something.
“Oh, Ken!” Barbie cried. “Yes! Yes! Of course I will!” Barbies eyes sparkled with the onset of happy tears.
“Oh, er, great! Cool. I didn’t think you’d be that keen! Okay, then, here’s my phone.” Ken got up and handed his new iPhone X to her.
“Er, what’s this for babe? I mean, where is it?” Barbie asked, looking at his hands, searching for that small box to appear.
“Well I wanted to ask, will you take a cool shot of me planking on the top of that funny looking building over there? I reckon it would look epic on my Insta!”
“Planking? Photo? Insta? Really babe?! Well, you know where you can shove that!” Barbie threw the phone back at Ken and stormed off, as fast as she could, tottering off in her rather unsuitable heels.
Ken just about managed to catch the phone, thanking God it hadn’t fallen and smashed on the rocks.
“What have I done now? Oh well, I guess I’ll have to try and use my selfie stick. Babe? I’ll catch up with you later…”

23 Nov 2017
by Ritu
in #CarrotRanch, Challenges, Fiction, Thoughts Opinions & Memories
Tags: #CarrotRanch, 99-Word Fiction, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Charli Mills, Five A Day, Flash Fiction, Vitamin D
I’m taking a chance on one of Charli’s 99-word prompts over at The Carrot Ranch!

November 23, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about Five a Day. It does not have to be five servings of fruits and vegetables. What is needed five times a day? Have fun with what pops to mind for the prompt.
Here’s my take!
Five-A-Day
“Five?”
“Yes sir, five.”
“So, Doctor, I have to take five of these little beauties a day?”
“That’s right. Five of these golden capsules every day.”
“Wouldn’t it be easier for me to just move to a country full of sunshine?”
“If only it was that easy, Mr James.”
“Wow! Shake me and I’ll rattle!”
Jack laughed to himself as he left the surgery with his prescription.
Another addition to his daily cocktail of pills. Vitamin D3.
Sat behind a desk all day, earning good money but not seeing daylight, meant losing his health instead…
The price we pay…
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