Welcome to Five Word Weekly. Five random words will drop on Sunday evenings at 5:00pm (17:00h) Eastern Standard Time (Canada/United States). Your task is to craft prose or poetry using any or all of the prompt words.
Just over a year ago, I had an idea for a writing challenge and Five Words Weekly was born. The inaugural edition dropped on October 17th, 2022. Hard to believe that it has been a year since that first post. Happy Anniversary Five Words and a big thank you to everyone who has participated, stop in to read and comment or just lurked in the background. I hope you have enjoyed the tales your fellow bloggers have created and hope you keep coming back for another year of flash fiction fun.
For seasoned veterans and new visitors alike – keep on writing. The weekly words may or may not have a theme however your story is not bound to that theme. How you participate is entirely up to you. Your work(s) can be a single piece using some or all of the words, a series of stand-alone projects incorporating at least one of the words in each, or an epic serial linking the words over several posts. Let the words be the inspiration that takes you wherever your imagination leads.
Here are your prompt words for the coming week:

anniversary | survival | gratitude | achievement | cyclical
Be creative and have fun. I look forward to reading what each of you conjures up. Don’t forget to show your fellow bloggers some love -❤️- take some time to read, like, and comment on their responses.
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