We're in week 7 of the Our Lost Jungle Poetry Form Challenge. This week's form is the Prose Poem. It's a poem written in prose or prose written poetically. I'm leaving the explanation to Khara House at OLJ.
For inspiration for this week's challenge, I decided to look through some of my photographs. (I'm sorry. I just can't help myself.) I chose one that I took in Arrow Rock, MO, last fall. The poem tells you what I see in the photograph. What do you see?
Made of Flint
The stone visage looks out from the rock. It’s features have been chiseled over time. Perhaps a piece of one eye helped guide an arrow to its mark. Was a splinter from the cheek large enough to spark a fire to keep travelers warm? Did the chin split when a father collected a souvenir for his son? The face shows that life leaves scars and it wears them with dignity.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
A Prose Poem Made From Stone
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Ekphrastics,
Photography,
Poetry,
Prose Poems
I am a poet and photographer who likes sports, jazz and art inspired by other art. I served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the early 1970's and was assigned to the Computer Sciences School in Quantico, VA. I have published a chapbook of grief poems, I Keep You with Me. My work also has appeared in publications such as Thorny Locust Magazine, core. zine,The Enigmatist, Veterans' Voices and Kansas Time + Place An Anthology of Heartland Poetry. My visual art pieces combine poetry and photographs, and have been most recently displayed at InterUrban ArtHouse, Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center, Buttonwood Art Space, and The Smalter Gallery.
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Nice one, Michelle. It looks skeletal, almost pre-historic. And all of those suppositions could easily be correct.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Claudette. For me, looking through photos was a natural for trying to create a prose poem.
DeleteVery nice, Michelle. I love how to sculpted language and flow of this reflect the stone it describes/discusses. What a great way to sort of "defy" form to create a stunning effect!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Khara. I think I always knew I would write something to go with this photo. Thanks for giving me the nudge.
DeleteIt definitely looks like a skull to me. TALU!
ReplyDeleteI was surprised when I saw what looked like a skull in the rock formation. I knew I'd write something about it! TALU
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