Category Archives: Photo Prompt

28 April 2013

PROMPT #105. Ekphrastic Poetry – 2013 Photo Prompt #3

By Poetic Bloomings
Photo Credit: Barbara Young

Photo Credit:  Barbara Young

THIS IS YOUR PROMPT.  WHAT DOES IT SAY TO YOU?

Thanks to Barbara Young for use of her photo. 

If you are interested in submitting a photo for consideration as a future photo prompt, please see submission instructions at:  http://poeticbloomings.com/2013/01/10/call-for-photos/. 

MARIE ELENA’S HAIKU

even the eagle
is unable to soar
until it is free
 
© Copyright Marie Elena Good – 2013

WALT’S EGGS-AMPLE:

ESCAPE

The eternal question:
“Which came first?”
The answer is unclear,
but my guess is here,
the chicken has left the building!

© Copyright Walter J. Wojtanik – 2013

 
 

262 comments | posted in Ekphrastic Poem, Photo Prompt, Uncategorized

7 April 2013

PROMPT #102. Ekphrastic Poetry – 2013 Photo Prompt #2

By Poetic Bloomings
Photo credit: MARJORY M. THOMPSON

Photo credit: MARJORY M. THOMPSON

THIS IS YOUR PROMPT.  WHAT DOES IT SAY TO YOU?

(Thanks to Marjory M. Thompson [aka MMT] for use of her photo)

MARIE ELENA’S POEM

Inhabiting Moments

There was a day when life moved at the speed of carriage; when intimacy waited for marriage. Evening meals were planned, prepared and, following prayer, shared. 
 
Dim the light. 
Rewrite the greed.
Linger.
Proceed
Gently though the years, before time disappears.

© Copyright Marie Elena Good – 2013

WALT’S LIMIT

SLOW DOWN, YOU”RE MOVING TOO FAST

Up to speed traveling
on the path of least resistance.
Upon his heart’s insistence,
it’s pedal to the metal.
Despite speed bumps, he will
take his lumps and move along.
Don’t limit his progress,
or he’ll plow you down!

 

© Copyright Walter J. Wojtanik – 2013

263 comments | posted in Ekphrastic Poem, Photo Prompt, prompt

13 January 2013

PROMPT #90. Ekphrastic Poetry – 2013 Photo Prompt #1

By Poetic Bloomings
Fisherman.Photo prompt.Keith

*Photo credit: Keith R. Good.(Photos by Keith Good Facebook Community Page)

THIS IS YOUR POEM.  WRITE WHAT IT SAYS TO YOU.

MARIE ELENA’S ATTEMPT

TRAWL

Ice melts away
Gray sheds to gray
Man feeling tinned
Casts worth to wind
 

WALT’S PHOTOGENIC POEM

Dead Poet Tree

Rooted but barren,
rotted and dead,
poet’s muse refuses
to live; a slow death ensues.

 

*Feel free to post this photo on your site, with proper photo credit.  Thank you.

285 comments | posted in Ekphrastic Poem, Photo Prompt, prompt

27 May 2012

THE WALK OF LIFE – PROMPT #57

By Poetic Bloomings

 Are you a leader?
Do you follow?
Do you walk with the masses
or in the silence of your own thoughts?
Only you can know where your direction leads.
Give us a glimpse of your journey, 
knowing we’ll be with you every step of the way.


MARIE ELENA’S PATH:

Elements of Design
a sonnet

Her longings go beyond where he has led.
His nightmares see her leaving him behind.
She takes his hand, in hopes that he will tread
Uncertain pathways – pages yet unlined.

His ruler and his compass firmly gripped,
He pointedly denotes their journey’s source.
Just staring blankly, feeling ill-equipped -
No dots to link; no way to chart their course.

She tenderly removes the tools in hand,
Endows him with a palette of rich hues,
Presents him with a canvassed-life unplanned;
Excitedly, they watch the tints diffuse.

Her watercolor fantasies achieved;
His fear of spontaneity relieved.

WALT’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE:

WHERE I GO, WILL YOU FOLLOW?

The journey is long in this life.
We share our joys; suffer through strife
learning to give and love and grow,
teaching to others what we know;
this experiment in true-life.

In this life, we find it is rife
with heartaches that cut like a knife,
but we carry on even though
the journey is long.

From here until the afterlife,
I will walk all paths in this life.
The world has so much more to show.
So much to see before I go,
and here I’m stuck in this mid-life?
The journey is long.

229 comments | posted in Journey, On The Road, Photo Prompt, prompt, Seeds, Starts, Walk of Life

26 March 2012

POETIC BLOOMINGS AND APRIL NATIONAL POETRY MONTH

By Poetic Bloomings

First, we are in the middle of Prompt #48 – IN THE SHADOWS. If you haven’t posted your work for this touching photo prompt as of yet, we encourage you to do so. Find it here: http://poeticbloomings.com/2012/03/25/in-the-shadows-prompt-48/

In another week we will be entering April and be inundated with the challenge of many challenges to celebrate National Poetry Month. Here at POETIC BLOOMINGS, we will continue with business as usual during the month of April. There is enough going on around the poetic blogosphere and we feel that adding another “challenge” would just muddy the poetic waters.

We would love to feature some of your poems written for the various challenges, so Marie and I will offer this page for such endeavors. Please post your work, but be sure to include the site/challenge for which it was written and the nature of the prompt, if there is one. Put your best work forward, and let us help. A little extra exposure for your poems wouldn’t hurt!

10 comments | posted in Ambitious, Beginnings, Challenges, Encouragement, Inspiration, National Poetry Month, Photo Prompt, Promotion

25 March 2012

IN THE SHADOWS – PROMPT #48

By Poetic Bloomings

Sometimes, a picture says it all.  No words are needed here.  Write the poem!

MARIE’S SHADOW DANCE:

HOSPICE

As you care for his needs,
Understand that this is
A feeble, powerless shadow
Of his former self.
Take a look at the photos;
Each a glimpse of a charming gentleman –
Vibrant and spontaneous,
Handsome, comical, and full of life,
Loved by the beautiful woman you see
In the photo he keeps near his heart –
The love he will dance with again
In a matter of days.

© Marie Elena Good – 3/25/12

WALT’S FLIGHT OF FANCY:

YOUNG AT HEART

They shuffle past, indifferent and unaware.
There along the way these souls, bent and gray -
minds off to distant places; a familiarity
of wrinkled faces setting to stir in memory
as they walk alone. He and she, steps calculated
in a choreography of their advanced years,
and still muffled ears hear the muted music
of a bygone day. Benny Goodman plays in the shadows
and they join again in a youthful and joyous dance.

© Walt Wojtanik – 3/25/12

211 comments | posted in Photo Prompt, Uncategorized

19 February 2012

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? – PROMPT #43

By Poetic Bloomings

Marie Elena’s View:

ONE MORE CHANCE

Step with me across the moon,
where childhood awaits
with puzzle books, and sharpened crayons
and four-wheeled roller skates.

Take my hand, and skip with me
To Thumbelina land.
Let’s grab a rope for Double Dutch;
Build castles in the sand.

Climb with me beyond the clouds
Discover who is there -
It’s Chatty Cathy, Penny Bright
And your first Teddy Bear.

Come where time did not pass by,
And ceaselessly it’s Spring
Where getting there’s the easy part:
Just grab an empty swing.

Walt’s Poem:

GROWN AND GONE

It used to be our playground,
our sanctuary; our safe harbor.
It’s harder to imagine where time
has stepped off and left these seats vacant.
Youth was our canvas and painted
with vibrant hues, offered a world of possibilities.
But these days of futures past, have left us
to seek our dreams a bit muted and unsure. We have all grown
and we need to “own” what we’ve become.
Returning to days of youth soothes our souls;
these memories tend to fade once we’ve gone.

195 comments | posted in Photo Prompt

28 January 2012

FLASHY FICTION REVIVAL

By Poetic Bloomings

Thanks to all who had gone over to FLASHY FICTION and offered comments and encouragement. It was a good start, but there is more work to be done. The Saturday prompting Princess, Deb Markanton, has posted today’s photo prompt. Give a look and add your take. That’s the only way we’ll make a success of this revival.

1 comment | posted in Flash Fiction, Photo Prompt, prompt, Resurgence

24 January 2012

POETRY AND SO MUCH MORE… Re-introducing FLASHY FICTION

By Poetic Bloomings

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR PROMPT FOR THIS WEEK – WRITE A “COLORFUL” POEM. The response after two days has been tremendous! Add your colors to our growing spectrum!

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The name of our blog is POETIC BLOOMINGS, so the emphasis will always be on your poetic musings.                         

Worded teases and photo prompts.

But our mission here is to promote the creative endeavor. For those whose inclination to longer worded fits of prose or short (flash) fiction, may we recommend FLASHY FICTION. This blog features photo prompts and worded teases to inspire and provoke thought. Our “resident” form master and poetic compatriot, RJ Clarken, is one of seven ladies providing the kick start we all require from time to time. In an effort to keep their site viable and breathe new life into their process, please consider trying your hand at something a little different, FLASHY FICTION. You’d be amazed at where your muse will take you.

4 comments | posted in Flash Fiction, Inspiration, Photo Prompt, Promotion, prompt, Re-Start, Resurgence

14 January 2012

BEAUTIFUL BLOOMS – PROMPT #37

By Poetic Bloomings

Prompt #37 was a photo of three disturbances in an otherwise tranquil amber lake. Like the ripples that resulted from those splashes, our poets took their poems in many different directions, touching all that came into their paths. It is intriguing to see what various poets see in the same captured moment. Each and every poem posted was truly golden and worthy of recognition. HOWEVER … Marie and I choose only one each per week. So in keeping with our routine:

Walt’s Bloom:

One would have to be bananas to look at a photo of three splashes on Golden Pond and equate it with eternally resting in Valhalla. But, once the case was made… well, it made for a very visual and expressive poem. And Michele Breton was the only one Banana enough to pull that off. The imagery in her piece shows pure vision and imagination and has earned Michele my “Bloom” for week # 37. Well done, Michele!

Marie’s Bloom:

It was bound to happen sooner or later. For the first time in our 37 weeks, Walt and I chose the same poem. “Viking Funeral” is so different a take, so unique and well constructed, how could it not be chosen? Bravo, Banana the Poet!

Viking Funeral. by Michele Brenton

Lay him down
dress him fine,
weave flowers in his beard;
for he is loved,
he is mine,
paid for with my tears.

Battles over,
Warrior King
respected by his peers;
hold his image
sing his songs
to echo through the years.

Upon the waters
send him well,
let the flames begin;
Valhalla waits
while my heart breaks
and yearns to burn with him.

12 comments | posted in Achievement, Beautiful Blooms, Features, Inspiration, Photo Prompt, Water

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