Laura at Author Amok has the Poetry Friday round up today.
I enjoy good photography. I also think photos make good prompts for writing. Kim Douillard posted two photos from the beach on her site “Thinking through my Lens.” They were taken minutes apart, and during that small space of time, the sun set and turned the sky orange. She asked her blog audience what the two photographs may be saying to each other. I posted them side by side on the board in the classroom and suggested students write a conversation or dialogue poem. I imagined the following conversation.
photo by Kim Douillard, all rights reserved.
photo by Kim Douillard, all rights reserved.
The Hang Glider Speaks to the Sandpiper
A lone sandpiper
steps into the clouds,
reflected sky on serous sand.
I hear the echo of his call,
“Come wade with me.
The sand is cool
between your toes.
Come take a walk with me.”A lone hang glider
flies in the sunset,
warm rays guide him on.
The silence of the sky speaks,
“Up here, where the air is thin and light,
you can fly like a kite–free–
Come up here with me.”
–Margaret Simon, all rights reserved.
Reflections on the Teche 
I like the imagery of the shorebird stepping into clouds & appreciations also, for sharing these evocative pictures & writing prompt.
Love it.
Beautiful, Margaret, “Come up here with me”-almost a lonely call! Thanks for sharing this idea, too!
Nice poem, Margaret!
Beautiful words and photos!
Amazing photos and lovely conversational poem. 🙂
Love the entire concept behind the conversational poem and using photography as writing prompts.
Love the idea of a poetic conversation between photos!
I love this idea! I think this idea could extend to a lot of things – dialogue between two characters in different books, for example.
Lovely Earth-sky connection in this poetic conversation. I’m captivated with the idea of stepping into the cloud reflections.