by Read Write Poem
What do you see in this week’s Read Write (Image) Prompt?
Does the progression of time seem frozen, or does it march on? What is the significance of the prone figure in the foreground? Is he/she merely resting as they journey forward, or is their journey over? Is the person in the distance approaching, walking or running away, or observing the scene from afar?
When you look at the image, what does it spark in your mind about the passage of time? What does it mean to you emotionally? Experientially? Physically?
Leave any initial thoughts that you might have about this prompt in the comments section of this post, then leave links to your work next Thursday in the comments section of the Get Your Poem On post.
(Note: If you include this photo in your post along with your poem, make sure you credit the artist.)
What a powerful photo with layers of meaning!
Back in town.It’s Gay Mardi Gras here tonight.
A lot of lovelies are going to be feeling like this tomorrow morning.The weather is beautiful and there is a bright full moon so I expect you’ll be feeling the vibrations(earth trembling variety) all the way to over there.
Every year Reverend Nile and his group have a public prayer meeting to pray for rain on the parade .No luck this year.In fact that prostrate figure in the photo looks very much like the Reverend Nile!
rallentanda replied:
March 2nd, 2010 at 10:49 pm
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This was my immediate response to the photo.
The first thing I see is walking away. The second thing I see is… being asleep to the walking away.
No paucity of secondary subject matter here. Striking image
an amazing photo….have no idea where this will take me….maybe somewhere…..or maybe nowhere…
Very strange and interesting photo. I am wondering where this will take me also …
I saw several fascinating elements in this excellent photo collage, that lead to questions for me. The questions I sought to answer dealt with who the two figures were, why one was standing and one on his back, what if anything was their relationship, how did this relationship or lack thereof play out in time. The current draft of my piece is now posted. I expect there may be some additional edits.
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This image is an excellent prompt! I posted an older poem to go along with it:
http://jimmcneely.blogspot.com/2010/03/rhythm.html
and new poem to along with it:
http://jimmcneely.blogspot.com/2010/03/now.html
Deb Scott replied:
March 3rd, 2010 at 11:10 am
Be sure to come back tomorrow, Thursday, where you will see a Get Your Poem On post, and that’s where you leave links for this week’s poem.
jmcneely replied:
March 3rd, 2010 at 11:45 am
sorry about that, I didn’t understand that I suppose.
Deb Scott replied:
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:26 pm
No problem. It takes a while to figure the site out, and how stuff works. No big deal, just didn’t want you to miss the fun that is tomorrow.
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Ok, y’all. I actually DID this one and posted it on my blog. First post in ages! First poem written in ages…. Please drop by!
Well, this time I can say I am really early for posting. I won’t have much time tomorrow so I am posting now. You will find my poem here:
http://flaubert-poetrywithme.blogspot.com/2010/03/dismayed-and-waiting-for-sleep-photo-is.html
Deb Scott replied:
March 3rd, 2010 at 9:16 pm
Hi Pamela, unfortunately, few people will look at this post tomorrow. Try to re-post to the GYPO when you can, if you want to.
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