I cribbed a prompt from my friend April, who’s participating in a photography challenge this month. (Be careful what you post on Facebook; you may end up in my poetry.) Today’s prompt was “release.”
Reblogged (and slightly revised) from the Lexington Poetry Month blog.
Letting go
some things seem to stick with a body
longer, the way a small bone
goes sideways in the throat to become
lodged
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Poet and photographer Sarah Monagle posted this beautiful photo of a dahlia in response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge, which was “saturated.” Inspired by Sarah’s interpretation — a prompt within a prompt — I penned the following:
The queen of late summer
with a regal nod she drips
living flame from the velvet
tips of her curved corona
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Shawn has provided another photo prompt this week: Sky over Barceloneta Beach. I was surprised at how quickly I thought of something in response. Maybe I’m starting to get the hang of this writing thing…
Etch A Sketch
the wide blue screen plots certain
journeys — destinations and departures
scrawled in vapor trail
some expand to dissipate into
nothingness while others contract
to invisibility — in the end
all vanish
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This is in response to a photo prompt/meme posted by Shawn at Shawn L. Bird on Monday. The title isn’t very clever, but it provides some context that’s lacking if you don’t have the photo as a reference. Suggestions and comments welcome!
Robin at Montserrat
bit of parti-colored fluff on a rocky ledge cares
nothing for the travelers on this pilgrim way, intent
rather on insects stirred by their passing, dusty votives
for the wide-mouth choristers who clamorously intone
the offices of her days — their stuffed silence the peace
she seeks, their bulging craws the benediction
over which she folds when evening’s chill sets in
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I subscribe via e-mail to The Write Prompts. On Image Tuesdays, the e-mail I receive only contains the photo’s caption; I have to click the link to see the actual image. A couple weeks ago, the caption by itself suggested a poem. I finally looked at the photo when I went back to revise the poem, and found exactly what I needed to make it work. Here’s to creative captions!
blue water fountain stone
garden palms heavy
fruited lemons
water falling soft
sound of sighing
stirs leaves and oleander
scented twilight glowing
salmon deepens blue water
fountain stone garden
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