Tag: Daily Spur

Iridescent Eyes

February 8, 2026

Iridescent, her eyes

splendiferous the sparks

they cast, illumining

whole environment…

her merest smile mesmerized

mysterious…a test of men’s

resistance to temptation

and ardent tempest…

Popular with strangers

she’d meet by chance? yes…

if they were important

if they couldn’t see

within her… but I

had view of shadow side–

she was winter

without festive glitter

cold, unyielding as ice

one glance could freeze

the soul…never to forget–

~ Cale

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/rdp-sunday-spark/

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/rdp-tuesday-iridescent/

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/rdp-monday-splendiferous/

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/01/30/cast-2/

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/meet-3/

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/01/29/popular-2/

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/test-4/

Flavor of Grief

February 7, 2026

Grief has a flavor…

burnt toast

(burnt everything)

and hostile aftertaste…

crushed by your departure

I’ve no appetite…

even chocolates

taste of ashes–

And mourning has

no sense of time

it resists scheduling

ignores seasons…

within heart perpetual

calendar pages turn, turn

as mourning wears a style

all its own, regardless

of fashion trend…

elaborate sighs of silk

in pale to pewter shadows gray…

that’s what you bequeathed to me–

~ Cale

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/02/07/elaborate-2/

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/sigh/

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/style-4/

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/hostile-2/

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2026/02/07/rdp-saturday-time/

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2026/01/31/rdp-saturday-crush/

https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/flavor/

 

A Valentine Story

February 4, 2026

It began with “hello”

just that

an ordinary greeting

ordinary day

ordinary-looking man–

no, not quite ordinary

he was helpful…

handy in ways

beyond her expertise

so, she thanked him

with her speciality…and

with every traded favor–

his chores, for her

tasty home-cooked meals–

he became more handsome

as she grew ever lovelier…

“hello” changed to

“I can help you with that”

and one day:

“how about we get married?”

she said, “yes”❣

~ Cale

https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/three-things-challenge-mm324/

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/01/18/expertise-2/

Philosophy~ JusJoJan the 16th, 2026

January 17, 2026

https://lindaghill.com/2026/01/16/daily-prompt-jusjojan-the-16th-2026/

FROM LINDA:

It’s January 16th, and time for the 16th daily prompt for Just Jot it January 2026. Our prompt today is brought to us by the spectacular Sadje. Thank you, Sadje! Please be sure to visit Sadje’s blog to read her posts and say hello. 

Your prompt for JusJoJan January 16th, 2026 is “philosophy.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!

~~🦉~~

Now, I can’t say I’ve heard this straight from the bird’s beak (not even a wize owl’s), but my observation is that crows have a philosophy:

“Don’t let winter stop you from getting down there on the square and picking at whatever treats might be found between chill green grass blades!  Picnickers are scarce in January.”

~ Cale

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/square-4/

The Red Tree

January 15, 2026

Hagar’s take on two prompts birthed a dark poem. ~ Cale

Generation after generation

one son after another

and women as well–

blood of criminality runs

cool through their veins

violence is nothing to them

merely part of day’s routine–

conscienceless, they drink

the dregs of others’ lives

who matter to them not–

No mystery trust

has vanished, become

a dusk mist tinged

with copper, reeking

of rust…fear, dread

and viral suspicion…

predators surround–

across globe red rain

drips like weeping

from neighboring trees

since Cain, in cursing rage

murdered his brother…

deep root of the red tree

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/tree-3/

https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/01/14/writing-prompts-99/

Unusual Coupons

January 13, 2026

Back in my day we lived for, and by, coupons for groceries and other essentials.  It was a thrill to match them with our current needs, thinking about all we could buy on a stretched budget.

Today my crazy ageing brain wandered to “weird coupons”…

It might be exciting to wake up

some days and collect a different

kind of coupons from the mailbox

not ones for coffee or catfood or

likely-freezer-burn cabbage rolls–

Imagine the relief to find savings

on things like knots and wrinkles

typical of normal days

(abnormal ones not included)–

Here are a few you might

be interested in:

50% off negative feedback

“2 for 1” sale on profanity

(limited quantities)

10% off artificial smiles

but Look! there’s a 

“manager’s overstock”

basket of eye-rolling…

The best one, to me, would be

75% off that troublesome

situation I still haven’t 

found a positive and doable

solution for.

~ Cale

(If I’ve lost you, the idea is that all these things would be less distressing than usual…doable😉)

Here are links to the prompt words I’ve used:

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/abnormal-2/

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/rdp-tuesday-situation/

https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/feedback/

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/burn-4/

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2026/01/11/rdp-sunday-artificial/

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/solution/

https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/profanity/

https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/coupon/