by Dana Guthrie Martin
We talked about food in last week’s prompt, but we’re not done with food yet. This week’s Read Write (Image) Prompt is all about one food in particular: the pomegranate.
When I think of the pomegranate, I imagine the myth of Persephone and her mistake of eating its seeds while she was in the underworld with Hades. This mistake — if you can call it that, since she was bound to give over to the temptation of eating such an alluring fruit — is what led her to spend every winter thereafter with Hades in the underworld, returning to the world each spring.
Looking at the photo below, you can see why Persephone was tempted. What does the pomegranate make you think of? Imagine cutting into one, its more than 600 seeds clinging to its interior. Imagine coaxing them out with your fingers or the tip of your knife.
Or just stare at this image and let it take you wherever it takes you. The pomegranate will lead you somewhere. You won’t be able to resist its pull.
Tell us your ideas about how to respond to the photo in the comments section of this post.
And next Thursday in the comments section of the Get Your Poem On post, leave links to what you’ve written.
Pomegranate, by Nasos3
(Note: If you include this photo in your post along with your poem, make sure you credit the artist.)
Dana Guthrie Martin is the founder of Read Write Poem. She writes things and stuff. Most of the time, her things and stuff happen to be poetry, or at least they call themselves poetry. She has a robot named Feldman. He’s writing a book of poems.
http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2009/11/immigrannit-pommigrannit.html
An old-fashioned format but the information may intrigue.
Nathan replied:
November 27th, 2009 at 8:07 am
rinkly, be sure to leave your link with the Get Your Poem On post next Thursday so no one misses it!
rinkly rimes replied:
November 27th, 2009 at 10:49 am
I always thought my ‘http’ was a link! What am I doing wrong? I know there are gaps in my computer knowledge so I’d appreciate advice.
Dana Guthrie Martin replied:
November 27th, 2009 at 11:19 am
The link is A-OK, but we leave them on the Get Your Poem On post, which goes up next Thursday. That’s where all the poem-sharing action is. We have this time between the prompt and the sharing so everyone has time to craft a poem to the prompt.
My dear friend Dana,
I’m getting over my ‘terminal’ flu.
So, I was unable to visit our site.
But today I saw this prompt and liked it so much that has already managed to write a poem “Pomegranate”.
Hope it’s funny. Hope you like it next Thursday.
Konstantin.
Dana Guthrie Martin replied:
November 27th, 2009 at 11:20 am
I hope you are feeling better.
This is a beautiful image Dana.
My heart heats up just looking at this photo. I have some very specific pomegranate memories I suppose I am meant to dive into this week.
I don’t know whether to thank you, Dana, or pummel you with my fists… or my words… or… well, I’ll do what I can do.
And yes, I am grateful. I believe in syncronicity so here… goes… nothing.
Dana Guthrie Martin replied:
November 27th, 2009 at 11:21 am
Yes, you are meant to dive. And please don’t pummel me. I have two cracked ribs. And it’s not nothing — your going, that is, isn’t nothing.
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Dana Guthrie Martin replied:
November 27th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Go for it!
rallentanda replied:
November 27th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Can you catch cracked ribs?
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