Join the d'Verse fun. A quadrille.Hunger To HearFrom long ago, I hear your voice,Like an echo inside my heart,Though you are gone and without choice.Conversations start,But you have no part.Completely gone,And I'm undone.I hunger to hear,But Mom, you're not here.Aching, I listen.Kaci Rigney Copyright 2026
Voice Teacher’s Heartache
Sing.I can't.Please explain.Damaged my voice.How did you do that?Screaming at a concert.I cringed. Not good. So, nodules.The scope of my cords showed scarring.So, what happens when you try to sing?Pain. My vocal cords are thrashed; gravelly.Nodules? Complete vocal rest recommended?Three months. I may never sing again. Tears threatened."I am doomed to remember a boy with … Continue reading Voice Teacher’s Heartache
Tracking Traitors
SundayWhirl Challenge!Word you must use: shroud symbols water rock sun tracks spear stolen cross promise moon trailTracking TraitorsTracks upon the trail;The fellows followThose who had blatantlyStolen the shroud.Cross the countryside,They track the traitors,Neath the scorching sunAnd the menacing moon.The symbols of servanthoodMark their mail and shields.Spears steady in their hands, they trudgeThrough rock slides and … Continue reading Tracking Traitors
Patchwork
Weekend Writing Prompt #456 – Patchwork Posted on February 21, 2026 by sammicoxwriter A word prompt to get your creativity flowing this weekend. How you use the prompt is up to you. Write a piece of flash fiction, a poem, a chapter for your novel…anything you like. Or take the challenge below – there are no prizes – it’s … Continue reading Patchwork
Self-Love
Elizabeth’s prompt: Love yourself February is the month of love. Valentine’s Day has just passed, and many of us marked it by expressing affection for partners, family, and friends. But how often do we turn that same attention inward? This week, the invitation is simple: write a love sonnet to yourself. This one was a bit … Continue reading Self-Love
Words Breed
Form: Cinquetin, a variation of a Crapsey Quintain, created by E. Ernest Murrell. A hexastich (sextet, sexain); Syllabic: 8.6.10.6.8.2. Rhyme Scheme axbaxb. Centered. Titled. Words BreedLegacy rattles in my head.What will I leave behind?Will what I've written help someone in need?When this body is dead,Will my words produce seeds or weeds?Words breed.~ Kaci Rigney Copyright … Continue reading Words Breed
Poetry Prompt
SirensThe beasts within the salty vault;Yes, those with silver voices lilt.The sirens whereupon the edges haltThe sailors whose ears they tilt;Stitch their calls within those earsAnd lure them with a lyric jaw of death.Debris of bones they call their dears,They slather ’neath the tide's deep depth. ~ Kaci Rigney Copyright 2026 Form: Makeup Kace invented … Continue reading Poetry Prompt
Winter’s Nap
W3 #198 For more information or to join the fun go to https://skepticskaddish.com/2026/02/11/w3-prompt-198-weave-written-weekly/
Ship with Wings
A SundayWhirl challenge.Ship with WingsBeneath the deck of the ship, I cringe,While chaos cracks its whip.The main mast has split into pieces,This broken, battered ship.Her last stretch home; he hesitates,I remember the king’sCommand to save the crew at all costs.“Breathe, Captain, spin the wheel.Land, ho!” But Cap said it’s much too late.The cracking of the … Continue reading Ship with Wings
Forty Years Strong
TankaTuesday challengeChallenge this week: use a syllabic form with synonyms of love and passion. The words love and passion are not to be used within the poem.Forty Years Strongracingof my heart;electric charge.possessing;caressing with carethe one I’ve adoredforty years strong—my darling, you and me. ~ Kaci Rigney, Copyright 2026 I have chosen a one stanza unrhyming … Continue reading Forty Years Strong
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