Picture It & Write – Life | awritersfountain

power of words

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“It’s amazing.” Stella whispered. The Gallery was quiet and she was saying it more to herself than anybody else. This year’s theme was ‘Life’ and the space was full of artistic interpretations. Somehow the black & white canvas caught Stella’s imagination. She sat down to be absorbed by it for longer. Eventually she took her notebook out of her cream handbag & started to scribble, emptying her head of every thought.

Life in liquid

Submerged inside

a wet, red mouth.

Held until breath

can no longer find

any space.

Thrust forward the water

is projected, escaping

splashing and forming droplets,

the artistic random dance of fluid motion.

Aqueous confetti

shared like promises,

luscious intimacy caught by the camera’s lens.

Yielding to external pressure

the water escapes and falls onto skin.

Dripping softly down to their feet,

Beyond the frame of this Artwork.

Stella replaced the lid on her pen and tucked her notebook back into her bag. Slowly she got up and moved onto the next piece of art.

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nightlake on June 2, 2013 at 10:58 am said:

a beautiful poem. The photo has certainly inspired Stella to a creative extent

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- neenslewy on June 2, 2013 at 11:07 am said:
  
  Thanks – I imagine she will fill the notebook by the end of the gallery.
  
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Miriam E. on June 2, 2013 at 8:59 pm said:

oh, very clever! we got ourselves a treat here – a poem and a story. beautifully done.

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- neenslewy on June 3, 2013 at 8:27 am said:
  
  Thanks Miriam. It was going to be a story but then I got stuck – so thought why not combine the best of both genres! Glad you liked it.
  
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Anne Schilde on June 3, 2013 at 6:51 am said:

Interesting free write. I like the aqueous confetti.

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- neenslewy on June 3, 2013 at 8:23 am said:
  
  Me too – I felt the force of the image and the water needed powerful language to reflect it – and I did imagine the direction to the models would be pretend you are in love. It seems playful to me.
  
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gotmeghan on June 3, 2013 at 1:24 pm said:

I liked it a lot. I’ve gotta say though, probably not the best thing to read when you feel like you’re gonna pee your pants. Lol 😀

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- neenslewy on June 4, 2013 at 10:12 pm said:
  
  Probably not – I like reader reaction, that would be a first for me though Meghan! 😉
  Glad you liked it.
  
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  - gotmeghan on June 4, 2013 at 10:16 pm said:
    
    LOL! Whoohoo! 😀
joetwo on June 3, 2013 at 9:17 pm said:

Nice mixture of poetry and story. I love some of the language here.

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- neenslewy on June 4, 2013 at 9:54 pm said:
  
  Thanks Joe – I was trying to capture what I could see through the language – the story behind the photograph. Thanks for the read.
  
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Simply Ellen on June 4, 2013 at 12:00 pm said:

It is very creative. It is simple yet full of impact 🙂

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- neenslewy on June 4, 2013 at 9:47 pm said:
  
  Thanks for the compliment Ellen, glad you liked it.
  
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