I'm trying something new, taking a risk this month - participating in
#VerseLove with Sarah Donovan,
hoping to write poetry every day this April.
Today's poetic challenge is to write an "ekphrastic poem," which is one that originates with a piece of art or photograph, providing a creative description or imagining of the scene itself. We were given several photos as a starting point, and invited to open up our senses and write!
I chose this photo:
Girls' playground, Harriet Island, St. Paul, Minn.
- Digital ID: (digital file from original) det 4a12326 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/det.4a12326
- Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-det-4a12326 (digital file from original)
- Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Grab the rings, soar in the sky,
Together, sisters, we play.
Waste no moment here outside,
My favorite time of day.
Dress and tights won’t hold me back,
With each swing, I feel the breeze.
Simply nothing that I lack,
Like a bird, I am so free.
I find it so confusing,
It doesn’t make sense to me.
You stopped running and doing,
Simply to goggle and preen?
Hold on tight, big swing, repeat,
My muscles will see me through.
Move the stepstool when I leap,
Then, I’ll do the same for you.
Grab the rings, soar in the sky,
Together, sisters, we play.
Waste no moment here outside,
My favorite time of day.
