Weekend Writing Prompt #456 – Patchwork
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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 not a competition but rather a fun writing exercise. If you want to share what you come up with, please leave a link to it in the comments.
Word Prompt
Patchwork
Challenge
Weekend Writing Prompt #456: This weekend your challenge is to write a poem or a piece of prose in exactly 31 words using the word “Patchwork”.
Thank you, Sammi
Patchwork
A hodgepodge of material;
Nothing really matched. Serial
Patterns with pretty pieces sewn;
From clothes her children had outgrown—
Plaids and stripes, polka dots, and flow’rs.
Sewing patchwork scraps for hours.
Kaci Rigney Copyright 2026
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