Weekly Writing Challenge: 1,000 Words, Take Two
Your challenge this week is to write a post based on this picture: We see lots of possibilities in this photo:
Who are these people? What’s their relationship? Where are they? Are they saying hello or goodbye? Or something else altogether? Are they just clinging to one another to keep from sliding down the steep cobblestones? Who’s coming/going, and why? Where are they coming from/going to? Are the people behind them waiting for them? Are they happy for the couple, or irritated?
Your light is day
Dispersed upon waters of this world,
Of moon’s mourning face
Photographed upon decals
Of ice, thawing . . .
Freezing . . .
Thawing . . .
You, revealed everywhere:
Above the radiator’s row
Womanlips intoned a SutraSong,
Then recitations – your name.
Womanhood,
Reticent, silent,
Stunned, hardened;
Ignited, uncoiled,
Ascended. And incense
Was cologne you shun Continue reading