Poetry, Short Prose and Walking

June 2026 Limericks

All of these limericks were originally posted to Esther Chilton’s Laughing Along With A Limerick during the month of June 2026.

Road Hog Limerick

Like a hog he was hogging the road
and we honked all the more as he slowed.
Well, we all tried to pass
but we couldn’t alas
and we’re still to this day on that road.

Prompt word: “road” June 1, 2026

It is white. It is bright. It is true like the spirit of love about you.

Jelly Donut(s) Love Song

They filled a fine donut with jelly
and they said it was good for my belly.
Well, the first tasted good
as my mouth knew it would.
The first dozen were just too much jelly.

Prompt word: “jelly” June 8, 2026 (modified)

It is new in the way you are new now today.

Winter’s Chills and Summertime

There are birds with their bright shiny bills.
There are words that delight with their thrills.
There’s a this for each that.
Here’s a kiss for my cat.
There is summer to fight winter’s chills.

Prompt word: “bills” June 15, 2026 (modified)

Busy Train

There once was a tiny toy train
protected from weather like rain.
It went “choo-choo” all day
in a circular way
and it circled again and again.

Prompt word: “train” June 23, 2026

The Weed Has Gone To Seed

It is true that the plant is a weed.
I’m the gardener, I know, so I need
to get off of my butt,
get my hoe out. Now what?
It’s too late? The weed’s long gone to seed?

Prompt word: “weed” June 29, 2026

Cosmic Photo Challenge: Look To The Skies

Dale offers the prompt “look to the skies” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Some of these were taken a few months ago.

Actually all of them were taken a few months ago.

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Ten Things of Thankful: June 27, 2026

I am thankful to the Lord for everything mentioned below and all of His other blessings.

The photos tell their tales with the help of captions.

(3) slopes, (4) landscaping and (5) walls

Six Sentence Story: Room 215 Found!

When I failed to find Room 215 I went back to the Six Sentence Cafe & Bistro to ask for directions again. I was told to take the first hall to the left and then the second hall to the right and then I could charge right in to capture the mysterious story I was looking for.

When I returned unsuccessful again, the tall, thin man asked me to raise my left hand and when I raised my hand, he said, “I thought so.” He tied a waiter’s towel around the wrist of my other hand and told me to not overthink it but this time take the first hall in the direction of the hand with the towel tied to it and then take the hall in the direction of the hand without the towel tied to it.

I went back, overthinking it all the way, and I found Room 215! I took a deep breath and opened the door.

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Denise offers the prompt word “charge” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

Revelation 22:18-19

Linda G. Hill’s One Liner Wednesday.

*Badge by Laura @ riddlefromthemiddle.com*

Six Sentence Story: Sky Blue Joy

The best burden to bear is one that is light. I mean, who wants a heavy load and no one wants one so light that he floats away. Gravity has its advantages, you know, as long as joy keeps your hearts afloat.

And so the babbling, like a charge of Don Quijote, went on and on and on, but eventually – thank God – it was over.

Larry wondered what Maggie and he were going to do next. He looked at her and she smiled back.

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Denise offers the prompt word “charge” for this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

Trail: Path Opened

This walk is part of the walk on this side of the railroad tracks in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

It was blocked for a while when some water maintenance work was being done, but now it is open. Since it was part of a circle I walked the full circle.

Posted for Pepper’s One Step at a Time.

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There used to be trees where the dirt and white fence are now.

A red, muddy pool with a white fence and blue sky and a residential home in the background.

Past the residences it becomes wild and wonderful.

Cosmic Photo Challenge: Distortion Using Contrast and Cropping

Dale offers the prompt “distortion” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

I use the GIMP photo editor. It’s a free tool with many features I have not explored. I mainly use it to shrink the size of the image and rotate it a bit if I got the horizon wrong.

Here I am going to use the contrast feature of the editor along with cropping.

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I figured I could add contrast. I did and then brightened it a bit because it got pretty dark. It gets spookier the darker it gets.

I cropped the original, but this doesn’t distort it very much.

So I added enough contrast to make it spooky.

Ten Things of Thankful June 20, 2026

I am thankful to the Lord for everything mentioned below and all of His other blessings.

The photos tell their tales with the help of captions.

(1) the color yellow, (2) sunflowers and (3) sun

(4) bees (or whatever it is) and (5) leaves

(6) the color white, (7) magnolias and (8) flowers still in bloom

(9) trails still open and (10) busy people doing stuff

Six Sentence Story: Room 215

The amazing thing about Room 215 at the Six Sentence Cafe & Bistro is that no one knew it was there until the red-headed writer opened its door and just walked in. Then the tall, thin man followed her to open a secret chamber hidden in that delightfully mysterious room.

After hearing about the room’s mechanical machines and the strange, very short man that emerged from it I went to look for myself. I was wondering if maybe I might find a story there, marvelous and melancholic under its ancient dust, about King Arthur’s Camelot or the Starkeeper’s Carousel to tell others back in the cafe.

However, no matter how many times or how slowly I went up and down the hall where the wonderful room was supposed to be, I couldn’t find it though I had no doubt it was there. Although I came back empty handed, at least as far as marvelous stories go, I still could tell about how I was not going to give up the search.

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Denise offers the prompt word “dust” for this week’s Six Sentence Stories.