This April, Renee LaTulippe of No Water River is hosting a wonderful month of poet visits and writing prompts. I saw a tweet about a prompt by the infamous Jane Yolen which drew me in. She suggested that we all have topics that we go back to again and again. (Mine is the bayou, of course.) She posted a poem in three acts and prompted us to write a poem about our favorite topic in three acts.
Since I am writing ekphrastic poetry, I searched for the just right image for a poem about the bayou. My friend (and cousin, by marriage) Marjorie Pierson is a fine art photographer. The wetlands is a common theme in her photos. I think her photos are poems. Even though she lives in North Carolina, she visits South Louisiana often to be with her mother who happens to live across the street from us. Today I am featuring her image titled “Cypress in Wind.” To see more from Marjie, go over to her website.
Cypress in Wind by Marjorie Pierson.
Bayou Performance
Act I:
Dawning sun
plays peek-a-boo
with cypress trees.
Act II:
Breeze builds, waves
rippling, Baldcypress needles
helicopter down.
Act III:
Line of light
drawn from tree to tree
traffic light to the day.
–Margaret Simon (c) 2018
Reflections on the Teche 
That is a beautiful photograph! Wow. And I like your three acts. At first, I was drawn to the simplicity of the first act. As I read it a second time, however, the imagery in the third act clicked in for me and suddenly I saw it – oof! – and now it keeps showing up in my head.
Margaret, I like this format and the way you blended the visual with the words. Both make for a noteworthy digital inspiration. Would you like to save this one for my spring gallery?
Wow to that photo! I love the surprising images here–sun playing peek-a-boo, needles helicoptering.