Tag: #Ragtag Daily Prompt

The Introvert & the Mask ©Dawn Minott

On By Dawn MinottIn Prose23 Comments

For those with personality traits which can be classified as “introverted”, give them quiet chilled events, few people and less stimulating environments and they’re in their element.

I’m drawn to nature. I can spend hours by myself in a park, by a river, in a garden because the quiet and stillness that I find underneath trees and on river banks never fail to invoke wonder and contentedness within me.

For people with my personality traits, it means that we focus on internal feelings rather than seeking out external sources of stimulation. It doesn’t mean we’re shy, but more reticent.

With my quiet, reserved, and introspective way of being, the mask has been like my superpower. Not as a disguise but as a buffer. Behind the mask I can process some of the information I so readily take in from the environment and doing so discretely.

Suffice it to say, in 2025 I’m still wearing my mask —a.k.a. my superpower—in crowded enclosed spaces though it’s now okay not to mask up.

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Introverted ©Dawn Minott

On By Dawn MinottIn Poetry22 Comments

Dear World,

I’m introverted

My matter-of-fact stance is often misunderstood

Some think I’m distant or aloof, others say I’m intimidating

Nothing is further from the truth

It’s likely that I’m deep in thought

Or that I’m observing the environment around me

My life compass—it’s a never ending 3-60-degree focus

Always listening, always planning, envisioning or writing

The endless balancing of mind’s up-down climb on the decision tree of “what ifs”

Shy, I’m not, reticent though—that would be quite fitting

I’m likely not the first to speak, or may not speak at all

When I speak it’s a decisive choice, a point most necessary for the making

Adding value, adding integrity, moving the needle on what’s being discussed

By the time I’ve made a decision there’s been a hundred thoughts ahead

Give me quiet spaces, time alone to just be

This is how I gather energy

Don’t mistake, then, my reservation for lackluster

I’m introverted and that’s just that

Sincerely, an Introvert

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Travel Story: Zanzibar, Nakupenda Beach ©Dawn Minott | Senryu Poem

On By Dawn MinottIn Poetry10 Comments
Nakupenda beach, Zanzibar

Nakupenda is
Sandbank beach in Zanzibar
It means “I love you”

Indian Ocean
Idyllic summer swim in
Crystal-clear waters

Waves move o’er white sand
Low tide ripples revealing
Just off Stone Town coast

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Flower of the Day Challenge #47: Mimicking Flowers & Senryu Series

On By Dawn MinottIn Photo Reflection18 Comments

Flowers that mimic
Duplicity in nature
Created design

The Dancing 💃 Girl
The Moth Orchid
The Laughing Bumblebee Orchid
The Monkey 🙉 Face Orchid
The Duck 🦆 Orchid
The Happy Alien 👽 Orchid
The Hanging Lobster Claw Flower
The Ballerina Orchid
The Naked Man Orchid
The Flame 🔥 Lily
The Ice Cream 🍦 Lily
Swaddled Baby
The Bat 🦇 Flower
Darth Vader Flower
Snap Dragon Seed Pod (I’d call it “The Skull” 💀)
The Angel Orchid
The White Egret Orchid

God can’t be outdone
At best human imitate
Never duplicate

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Thanks to Cee for hosting the Flower of the Day prompt and Ragtag Community for hosting RDP Sunday, the word is design.

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Flower of the Day Challenge #15: Mums & Raindrops

On By Dawn MinottIn Photo Reflection12 Comments

Currently unfolding in my potted garden is this gorgeous mum. And nothing betokens the arrival of autumn like mums in their rustic glory:

Here’s to mums gloriously draped in raindrops. I hope this brings some joy to your day.

Thanks to Cee for hosting the Flower of the Day prompt, Sheryl for hosting Your Daily Word Prompt, today’s word is betoken, and Tracy for hosting Ragtag Daily Prompt, today’s word is current.

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Interior Design & Decor #2: Stacking Books Stylishly

On By Dawn MinottIn Interior Design & Decor20 Comments

Decor doesn’t have to be extravagant or gaudy to make a statement. Here’s an abstemious tip to add a bit of flair to your interior decor:

Why just stack your books on a coffee table or the bookshelf?

Add a glass pot with succulent plants (a terrarium) OR add a piece like this mother and child over-ledge figurine and voila … you’ll transform the look and step up your decor!

You may also visit createdbyDEEsign on Instagram for other interior decorating ideas: www.instagram.com/p/B_n77dgjd9o/

Written for Ragtag Daily Word Challenge: decor, and Your Daily Word Prompt: abstemious

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The Bridge

On By Dawn MinottIn Prose8 Comments

Caught on the bridge when the earthquake struck, Desmona clings to lose cables, her body dangling precariously above the field of debris scattered across the sea below. Marshaling all her strength, she pulls herself up when suddenly the cable…

Cliffhanger. Yes, I know I’ve left you dangling (pun intended😊). That’s ‘cause I’m writing for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt—the word is marshal, the length 39 words. Also for Author World image and title, the bridge; Fandango’s One Word Challenge—field; and Ragtag Daily prompt—scattered.

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Clouds, Frothy as Air©

On By Dawn MinottIn Poetry3 Comments

Lost in wonderment
flying through boundless sky on
clouds frothy as air
bearing weight of steel-winged bird
in peaceful solitude glides

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A Tanka written for Ragtag Daily Prompt, the phrase is “frothy as air”

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