Writing Prompt: Finish the potato salad story

By Janet Grace Riehl • Sep 14th, 2007 • Category: Write, Pen!

I dove face down into the potato salad and…

You finish the story.

Janet Grace Riehl is the author of "Sightlines: A Poet's Diary," a downhome family love story beyond death told in accessible story poems. She's a member of Author's Guild, registered with Poets and Writers, and widely published in national literary magazines and several anthologies.
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  1. Steffie on September 14th, 2007 at 6:04 pm:

    I dove face down into the potato salad and…opened my mouth like there was no tomorrow, hoping I’d be the one to win the contest with my hands tied behind my back.

  2. Velda Brotherton on September 14th, 2007 at 8:44 pm:

    II dove face down in the potato salad and emerged with pickles for ears and an onion nose. So I hear sweetly and smell loudly.

  3. Nancy on September 14th, 2007 at 9:49 pm:

    I dove face down into the potato salad and swam around the potato boulders until I found a piece of celery to use as a raft. Then I floated along the mayonnaise, in quest of the perfect pickle, while great clouds of mustard swirled overhead.

  4. Arletta on September 15th, 2007 at 10:03 pm:

    I dove face down into the potato salad so that no one else would partake, and all would leave me free to search for my diamond engagement ring; Mama said there’d be days like this…………

  5. isabella mori on September 19th, 2007 at 11:41 pm:

    i dove face down into the potato salad and what did i find there? oh my god, THAT’s where i had left my wedding ring!

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