7:34 a.m. — Atlanta
listening to the traffic rushing by on a wet road
john singer sargent
Hello, all. We have our image prompt today. I have four paintings for your delectation. You may write about one, two, or all four. You may write as if the speaker is aware of the painting, or as if there were no painting.
joseph lorusso
Settle on what catches your fancy. From here, you can write a ‘response to’ poem, or you can treasure hunt. If you want to treasure hunt, you will need a little more time. Start at the bottom left of a painting and working your way across and up, note down all details. Then ask: What? Where? Whyfore? When? How?
winslow homer
You could decide to have the subject of the painting be metaphorical.
thomas eakins
You might want to focus on one detail in the painting and ignore the rest. Perhaps the crumpled doll, or the red wagon, stirs something.
Click on the paintings for a closer view. Enjoy. They are a strange lot, but that’s the fun for me when I pick. The next fun part is when I read your poems. Don’t forget to check last week’s contributions, if you haven’t been back. I’ll try and remember to leave a link, in future.
We shall be visiting our grand-daughter next week, so the blog will be dark. I will, however, have my laptop and will try and keep up with poems and comments. We’ll see how she feels about that. She’s quite techie- oriented, already.
I shall see you this Thursday for Your Poetics Serendipity; Friday for the Poetry Freeforall; and Tuesday, March 5th, for another Poem Tryout. [Yes, I am playing with titles again]
Happy writing, everyone.
julespaige
26/02/2013 at 9:05 am
While not on one of your paintings…I did something similar here:
http://julesinflashyfiction.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/reverb-for-a-painting-prompt/
I think WP changed the theme…it doesn’t come up how I thought it would. it used to be easier to read, black on a white background. The link to the painting is on top.
Also you might enjoy my short piece for the Whirl…
http://julesgemsandstuff.blogspot.com/2013/02/sw-97-winged-messenger.html
Cheers.
rosross
26/02/2013 at 10:05 am
http://roslynrosssmallstones.blogspot.com/2013/02/sea-had-smiled.html
Joseph Harker
26/02/2013 at 2:57 pm
Well, here’s this: Haymaking
Hannah Gosselin
26/02/2013 at 4:14 pm
Hi, Margo! These are all great…I took your advice…I wrote to the one that first caught my fancy. Thank you for the tryouts! Warm
’s
http://wordrustling.wordpress.com/2013/02/26/wind-song-for-the-win/
Pamela
27/02/2013 at 8:25 am
Hi Margo, I love the paintings, they are inspiring. How are you doing? I have missed you.
Pamela ox
margo roby
28/02/2013 at 2:06 pm
Hey, Pamela! So happy to see you
margo xo
barbara_y
27/02/2013 at 9:44 am
http://wp.me/p32h8v-cq
Couldn’t get much. If you see my brain wandering around, send it home.
Have a good visit. Hope the weather in grand-daughter-land is fine. February was a bust: I have hopes for March.
margo roby
28/02/2013 at 2:07 pm
Barbara, if I see your brain wandering around, I’m bringing it home with me.
Extended forecasts are for snow and more snow. Skip and I bought leggings and are packing layers of layers.
barbara_y
28/02/2013 at 2:36 pm
Grins.
Misky
27/02/2013 at 1:04 pm
Here’s mine. http://miskmask.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/and-they-fell-like-drunk-bees/
And now I’m running silent, or dead, or dark or whatever term it is that you use for adieu pet. Be back on Monday.
margo roby
28/02/2013 at 2:09 pm
Well… if you are dead, ducky, you’re both silent and dark. I want neither. I’m going to have you be lapsed.
spinningblackbirds
27/02/2013 at 6:17 pm
http://spinningblackbirds.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/strips/