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Find the Princess

Sunday Whirl Challenge. Prompt words: trudge, empty, rare, powder, wide, track, line, eye, twist, hollow, trance, selfIt's always a fun challenge to write a poem with the prompt words. It's stretching me, for sure. Although I was able to rhyme and have the same amount of syllables per line, there is no real metric foot. … Continue reading Find the Princess

Words Wrought Fear

Another fun Sunday Whirl Wordle:Prompt words: whisper, night, dreams, creamy, crisp, script, brisk, crush, dim, seeds, dust, shimmerI must say, creamy was the word that stumped me. I managed to find it a place, though I feel it a bit awkwark. I also found my meter moved from an iambic to a trochaic foot within … Continue reading Words Wrought Fear

Save Me

Sunday Whirl challenge. Prompt words: spill, still, wish, limits, fit, distant, ring, silky, key, list, bill, smokeA couple of the words I used in some form of the root word. I know i say this often, but I love these poetry challenges.Save MeThe night lies still,Save for the bellRinging in the distance.Royal guards fit their … Continue reading Save Me

Golden Ribbons

SundayWhirl Always a fun challenge. I'm late posting, as the new challenge has been added. But I still wanted to put this one up. Join the fun. Prompt words: stalk sky luck harness pepper jewel ribbon splash layers set light faceGolden RibbonsPulled the earOff the stalk.Removed the golden ribbons,Layers upon layers;The topazjewel tonesof the corn … Continue reading Golden Ribbons

Singing Hymns

For today's Tanka Tuesday Challenge Willow challenged us to describe a moment of our day, how it makes you feel and how it affects you. This challenge employs writing a Tricube: three stanzas, three lines per stanza, and three syllables per line. Here's mine.Singing Hymnsvocalizesinging scalesvoice feels warmpianomelodypoetryhymns of oldsweet Spiritjoy-filled soulKaci Rigney Copyright 2026

The Crash

I've been participating in prompt challenges. My brain happens to take me to strange places. This one, to a fictional crash scene. SundayWhirl.com always has 12 great prompt words. Join in the fun! This week the words are: ravenous, lurked, shame, space, found, glass, hollow, flicker, rattled, slip, red, crash. Here's the result. The Crash … Continue reading The Crash

Sting Op

Join the poetry challenges at Sunday WhirlWordle 748 Prompt words: curiosity, restless, sting, lit, façade, lope,bitter, torn, strip, frail, massive, doubts.Sting OpDoubts about this sting operationMade FBI Agent Lope restless.With implications for the nation,This investigation relentless.‘Neath a façade on a strip of land,A frail looking woman lit a cig—The signal. His Boss gave the command,So … Continue reading Sting Op

Secrets Hidden

SundayWhirl! Join the fun!Word prompts: shelter, step, rocks, rose, settle, tremble, edge, left, flesh, scrap, ghost, messySecrets HiddenAs I tremble, I step aroundThe larger rocks. Someone’s been here;Hidden shelter, not so hidden.Someone was bound to find my gear,But they didn’t discover all,Behind boulders, secrets hidden:Amongst other important things,Water, food scraps, basic supplies.Maybe they’ll ditch my … Continue reading Secrets Hidden

Turn of Phrase

Prompt: Write a poem using only phrases. No sentences. Join the fun at d'Verse.Meaning...I’m never everthink aboutmaybe or mayhapnonethelessnot always forto think thatpossibly, perhapsbehind, in front ofinside, besidenot surefor or againstanywayI’m never alwaysnotwithstandingI’m never never~ Kaci Rigney Copyright 2026